Rossland-Trail was the name of a provincial electoral district in the

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centred on the towns of Rossland and

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, 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

, 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

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Demographics

Political geography

Notable elections

Notable MLAs

Electoral history

''Note: Winners in each election are in'' bold. , Liberal , John Hugh MacDonald , align="right", 545 , align="right", 28.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 1,919 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Donald MacDonald , align="right", 1,215 , align="right", 41.88% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 2,901 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 27 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Richard Ronald Burns , align="right", 1,729 , align="right", 43.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.t , George William Weaver , align="right", 901 , align="right", 22.84% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 3,944 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 38 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Richard Ronald Burns , align="right", 1,877 , align="right", 46.70% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Leo Thomas Nimsick , align="right", 891 , align="right", 22.17% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 4,019 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 72 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Richard Ronald Burns , align="right", 1,789 , align="right", 24.41% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Herbert Wilfred Herridge , align="right", 3,621 , align="right", 49.40% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Labour (Party) , Antonio Joseph (Pete) Vetere , align="right", 37 , align="right", 0.50% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 7,330 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 54 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , William Cunningham , align="right", 2,060 , align="right", 32.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Rupert William Haggen , align="right", 933 , align="right", 14.52% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Social Credit Alliance , Horton George Layton , align="right", 261 , align="right", 4.06% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 6,425 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 24 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , James O'Donnell Quinn , align="right", 4,588 , align="right", 43.70% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,498 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 79 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Erling Olaf Johnson , align="right", 2,541 , align="right", 22.02% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , B.C. Social Credit League , Robert Edward Sommers , align="right", 3,979 , align="right", 34.48% , align="right", 5,917 , align="right", 55.20% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , Alexander Douglas Turnbull , align="right", 3,331 , align="right", 28.86% , align="right", 4,803 , align="right", 44.80% , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

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, Charles Alfred Holstead White , align="right", 1,690 , align="right", 14.64% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 11,541 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 10,720 !align="right", - % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 277 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ² Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only. ,

, Emil George Fletcher , align="right", 621 , align="right", 5.56% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Samuel Clayton Muirhead , align="right", 3,470 , align="right", <31.06% , align="right", 4,549 , align="right", 44.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , Douglas T. Wetmore , align="right", 2,899 , align="right", 25.95% , align="right", - , align="right", -.- % , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 11,172 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", 10,327 !align="right", - % !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 614 !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ³ Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three shown only. ,

, Thomas Alexander McRae , align="right", 252 , align="right", 2.48% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Samuel Clayton Muirhead , align="right", 2,839 , align="right", 27.98% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , William Thompson Waldie , align="right", 1,960 , align="right", 19.31% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,148 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 70 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. , Kenneth William Gaylor , align="right", 2,536 , align="right", 23.31% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , Michael Eugene Krause , align="right", 2,034 , align="right", 18.69% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Conservative , John Wilberforce Loader , align="right", 608 , align="right", 5.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,881 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 81 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Alan J.G. McCulloch , align="right", 1,470 , align="right", 13.70% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Liberal , John Basil Varcoe , align="right", 1,139 , align="right", 10.62% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,729 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 53 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Charles Samuel Fowler , align="right", 1,960 , align="right", 19.57% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 10,013 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 49 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Joseph Remesz , align="right", 1,359 , align="right", 10.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Dell Campbell Valair , align="right", 298 , align="right", 2.32% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 12,835 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 127 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Colin Thomas Maddocks , align="right", 1,541 , align="right", 10.99% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 14,019 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 92 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Thomas George Milne , align="right", 519 , align="right", 3.59% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 14,455 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 109 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Progressive Conservative , Dale Murray Brown , align="right", 852 , align="right", 5.38% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 15,832 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 186 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Sergio C. Cocchia , align="right", 394 , align="right", 2.34% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Independent , Frederick William James Peitasche , align="right", 176 , align="right", 1.05% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 16,812 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 243 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Thomas C. Esakin , align="right", 476 , align="right", 2.95% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 16,119 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 179 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", % !align="right", !align="right", , Independent , Christopher D'Arcy , align="right", 3,802 , align="right", 23.58% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 16,122 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 337 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 75.18% !align="right", !align="right", , Liberal , Jim Greene , align="right", 5,923 , align="right", 34.80% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , Progressive Democratic Alliance , Kathy Plummer , align="right", 660 , align="right", 3.88% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 17,018 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total rejected ballots !align="right", 67 !align="right", !align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Turnout !align="right", 74.70% !align="right", !align="right", 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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