# Rossland-Trail

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 Rossland 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 (km$^2$)
* Population density (people per km$^2$)

## Electoral history

Note: Winners in each election are in bold.
16th British Columbia election, 1924 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Provincial | George Alexander Dingwall | 436 | 22.72% | – | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Hugh MacDonald | 545 | 28.40% | | unknown |
| | Conservative | James Hargrave Schofield | 938 | 48.88% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 1,919 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
17th British Columbia election, 1928 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | James Hargrave Schofield | 1,686 | 58.12% | unknown |
| | Liberal | Donald MacDonald | 1,215 | 41.88% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 2,901 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
18th British Columbia election, 1933 $^{15}$ :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 3,944 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 38 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
19th British Columbia election, 1937 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 4,019 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 72 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
20th British Columbia election, 1941 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Richard Ronald Burns | 1,789 | 24.41% | unknown |
| | Conservative | Charles Frederick Daly | <1,883 | 25.69 % | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | 3,621 | 49.40% | unknown |
| | Labour (Party) | Antonio Joseph (Pete) Vetere | 37 | 0.50% | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 7,330 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 54 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | |
31st British Columbia election, 1945 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | William Cunningham | 2,060 | 32.06% | | unknown |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | Rupert William Haggen | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,425 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 24 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
22nd British Columbia election, 1949 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. | James O'Donnell Quinn | 4,588 | 43.70% | | unknown |
| | Coalition | Alexander Douglas Turnbull | 5,910 | 56.30% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,498 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 79 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
23rd British Columbia election, 1952 $^2$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final 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 | Total valid votes | 11,541 | 100.00% | 10,720 | - % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 277 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^2$ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only. |||||||
24th British Columbia election, 1953 $^3$ :
| Party | Candidate | Votes 1st count | % | Votes final 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 | Total valid votes | 11,172 | 100.00% | 10,327 | - % | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 614 | | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
| $^3$ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only. |||||||
25th British Columbia election, 1956 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,148 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 70 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
26th British Columbia election, 1960 :
| Party | 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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,881 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 81 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
27th British Columbia election, 1963 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Donald Leslie Brothers | 5,474 | 51.02% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Robert Charles Maddocks | 2,646 | 24.66% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Alan J.G. McCulloch | 1,470 | 13.70% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | John Basil Varcoe | 1,139 | 10.62% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,729 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 53 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
28th British Columbia election, 1966 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Donald Leslie Brothers | 5,600 | 55.93% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Edward B. Campbell | 2,453 | 24.50% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Charles Samuel Fowler | 1,960 | 19.57% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 10,013 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 49 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
29th British Columbia election, 1969 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Donald Leslie Brothers | 6,230 | 48.54% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Thomas Greer MacKenzie | 4,948 | 38.55% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Joseph Remesz | 1,359 | 10.59% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Dell Campbell Valair | 298 | 2.32% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 12,835 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 127 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
30th British Columbia election, 1972 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Donald Leslie Brothers | 4,936 | 35.21% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Christopher D'Arcy | 7,542 | 53.80% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Colin Thomas Maddocks | 1,541 | 10.99% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,019 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 92 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
31st British Columbia election, 1975 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Burton Peter Campbell | 6,055 | 41.89% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Christopher D'Arcy | 7,881 | 54.52% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Thomas George Milne | 519 | 3.59% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 14,455 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 109 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
32nd British Columbia election, 1979 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Joseph Phillips Brooks | 5,728 | 36.18% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Christopher D'Arcy | 9,252 | 58.44% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Conservative | Dale Murray Brown | 852 | 5.38% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 15,832 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 186 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
33rd British Columbia election, 1983 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Liberal | Sergio C. Cocchia | 394 | 2.34% | | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Christopher D'Arcy | 9,661 | 57.47% | | unknown |
| | Independent | Frederick William James Peitasche | 176 | 1.05% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Walter A. Siemens | 6,581 | 39.14% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,812 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 243 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
34th British Columbia election, 1986 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Christopher D'Arcy | 8,195 | 50.84% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Thomas C. Esakin | 476 | 2.95% | | unknown |
| | Social Credit | Audrey L. Moore | 7,448 | 46.21% | – | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,119 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 179 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | % | | |
35th British Columbia election, 1991 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | Social Credit | Walter A. Siemens | 3,267 | 20.27% | – | unknown |
| | New Democratic | Ed Conroy | 8,340 | 51.73% | | unknown |
| | Green | Angela M.E. Price | 713 | 4.42% | – | unknown |
| | Independent | Christopher D'Arcy | 3,802 | 23.58% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 16,122 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 337 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75.18% | | |
36th British Columbia election, 1996 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Ed Conroy | 8,635 | 50.74% | | unknown |
| | Liberal | Jim Greene | 5,923 | 34.80% | | unknown |
| | Green | Clare Greidanus | 434 | 2.55% | – | unknown |
| | Reform | Phillip Morris | 1,366 | 8.03% | | unknown |
| | Progressive Democratic Alliance | Kathy Plummer | 660 | 3.88% | | unknown |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 17,018 | 100.00% | |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 67 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74.70% | | |
The Rossland-Trail area was redistributed following the 1996 election. The new riding representing the area at the 2001 election was West Kootenay-Boundary.