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

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

Electoral history

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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.

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