Rossland City

Rossland City was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located in the West Kootenay region. It is named after the town of Rossland, near Trail, B.C. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted only until 1912, after which the revised riding was simply Rossland.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Demographics

Population, 1911
Population change, 1901–1911
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Arthur Samuel Goodeve	343	44.03%	unknown
	Liberal	James Alexander MacDonald	436	55.97%	unknown
Total valid votes			779	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%
¹ Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both.

11th British Columbia election, 1907
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Socialist	Archibald Francis Berry	98	18.67%	–	unknown
	Conservative	Lorne Argyle Campbell	186	35.43%		unknown
	Liberal	James Alexander MacDonald	241	45.90%		unknown
Total valid votes			525	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

12th British Columbia election, 1909
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	William Robert Braden	237	38.60%		unknown
	Socialist	George Bernard Casey	160	26.06%	–	unknown
	Liberal	John M. English	217	35.34%		unknown
Total valid votes			614	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

13th British Columbia election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lorne Argyle Campbell	336	56.09%		unknown
	Socialist	George Bernard Casey	95	15.86%	–	unknown
	Liberal	Louis Denison Taylor	168	28.05%		unknown
Total valid votes			599	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

Redistribution following the 1912 election resulted in the renaming of the riding to Rossland.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns