Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia centred on the towns of Rossland and Trail , in the West Kootenay . The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of Greenwood and Trail , and lasted until redistribution in 1996. The same area is now part of West Kootenay-Boundary .
For other ridings in the Kootenay region , please see Kootenay (electoral districts) .
Demographics [ ]
Population, 1961
Population change, 1871–1961
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)
Political geography [ ]
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Electoral history [ ]
Note: Winners in each election are in bold .
18th British Columbia election, 1933 15
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Richard Ronald Burns
1,729
43.84%
unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group
Arthur Garfield Cameron
1,314
33.32%
–
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.t
George William Weaver
901
22.84%
unknown
Total valid votes
3,944
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
38
Turnout
%
19th British Columbia election, 1937
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Liberal
Richard Ronald Burns
1,877
46.70%
unknown
Conservative
Clarence Elliott Crowed
1,251
31.13%
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Leo Thomas Nimsick
891
22.17%
unknown
Total valid votes
4,019
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
72
Turnout
%
31st British Columbia election, 1945
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
William Cunningham
2,060
32.06%
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
933
14.52%
unknown
Social Credit Alliance
Horton George Layton
261
4.06%
unknown
Coalition
James Lockhart Webster
3,171
49.35%
–
unknown
Total valid votes
6,425
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
24
Turnout
%
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 2
Party
Candidate
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal count
%
±%
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Erling Olaf Johnson
2,541
22.02%
-
-.- %
unknown
B.C. Social Credit League
Robert Edward Sommers
3,979
34.48%
5,917
55.20%
unknown
Liberal
Alexander Douglas Turnbull
3,331
28.86%
4,803
44.80%
unknown
Conservative
Charles Alfred Holstead White
1,690
14.64%
-
-.- %
unknown
Total valid votes
11,541
100.00%
10,720
- %
Total rejected ballots
277
Turnout
%
2 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
Party
Candidate
Votes1st count
%
Votesfinal count
%
±%
Conservative
Emil George Fletcher
621
5.56%
-
-.- %
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Samuel Clayton Muirhead
3,470
<31.06%
4,549
44.05%
unknown
Social Credit
Robert Edward Sommers
4,182
37.43%
5,778
55.95%
Liberal
Douglas T. Wetmore
2,899
25.95%
-
-.- %
unknown
Total valid votes
11,172
100.00%
10,327
- %
Total rejected ballots
614
Turnout
%
3 Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only.
25th British Columbia election, 1956
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Conservative
Thomas Alexander McRae
252
2.48%
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Samuel Clayton Muirhead
2,839
27.98%
unknown
Social Credit
Robert Edward Sommers
5,097
50.23%
–
unknown
Liberal
William Thompson Waldie
1,960
19.31%
unknown
Total valid votes
10,148
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
70
Turnout
%
26th British Columbia election, 1960
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Expenditures
Social Credit
Donald Leslie Brothers
5,562
51.12%
–
unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
Kenneth William Gaylor
2,536
23.31%
unknown
Liberal
Michael Eugene Krause
2,034
18.69%
unknown
Progressive Conservative
John Wilberforce Loader
608
5.59%
unknown
Communist
Albert James Warrington
141
1.30%
unknown
Total valid votes
10,881
100.00%
Total rejected ballots
81
Turnout
%
The Rossland-Trail area was redistributed following the 1996 election . The new riding representing the area at the 2001 election was West Kootenay-Boundary .
References [ ]
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