Rossland was the name of a provincial electoral district in the

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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

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in the election of 1916 . Its predecessor riding was

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 hustin ...

(1903–1912) and from 1924 it was succeeded by the riding of

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 redistr ...

. For other current and historical electoral districts in the

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region, please see

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Electoral history

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William David Willson William David Willson (April 27, 1865 – March 4, 1932) was a political figure in British Columbia. He represented Rossland from 1916 to 1920 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Liberal. He was the son of David William Wi ...

, align="right", 424 , align="right", 55.79% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 760 !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", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both. , Federated Labour Party ¹ , George Alexander Dingwall , align="right", 239 , align="right", 35.36 % , align="right", , align="right", unknown ,

, John Allan McLeod , align="right", 180 , align="right", 26.63% , align="right", , align="right", unknown , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3, Total valid votes !align="right", 676 !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", , - bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=7, ¹ Also referred to as "Farmer-Labour" because of farmer support. Redistribution following the 1920 election resulted in the renaming of the riding to

for the 1924 election.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns
Former provincial electoral districts of British Columbia {{Canada-constituency-stub