Rossland-Trail
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'''Rossland-Trail''' was the name of a provincial electoral district in the [[Canadian province]] of [[British Columbia]] centred on the towns of [[Rossland, British Columbia|Rossland]] and [[Trail, British Columbia|Trail]], in the [[Kootenays|West Kootenay]]. The riding first appeared in the 1924 election as the result of a redistribution of the former ridings of [[Rossland (electoral district)|Greenwood]] and [[Trail (electoral district)|Trail]], and lasted until redistribution in 1996. The same area is now part of [[West Kootenay-Boundary]].
For other ridings in the [[Kootenays|Kootenay region]], please see [[Kootenay (electoral districts)]].
== Demographics ==
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|Population, 1961
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|Population change, 1871-1961
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|Area (km²)
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|Population density (people per km²)
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== Political geography ==
==Notable elections==
== Notable MLAs ==
== Electoral history ==
''Note: Winners in each election are in'' <b>bold</b>.
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1924|16th British Columbia election, 1924]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Provincial/row}}
|[[Provincial Party of British Columbia|Provincial]]
|George Alexander Dingwall
|align="right"|436
|align="right"|22.72%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|John Hugh MacDonald
|align="right"|545
|align="right"|28.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[James Hargrave Schofield]]
|align="right"|<b>938
|align="right"|<b>48.88%
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1928|17th British Columbia election, 1928]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|<b>[[James Hargrave Schofield]]
|align="right"|<b>1,686
|align="right"|<b>58.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1933|18th British Columbia election, 1933]] <sup>15</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Richard Ronald Burns]]
|align="right"|<b>1,729
|align="right"|<b>43.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NPIG/row}}
|[[Non-Partisan Independent Group]]
|Arthur Garfield Cameron
|align="right"|1,314
|align="right"|33.32%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1937|19th British Columbia election, 1937]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|<b>[[Richard Ronald Burns]]
|align="right"|<b>1,877
|align="right"|<b>46.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Clarence Elliott Crowed
|align="right"|1,251
|align="right"|31.13%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1941|20th British Columbia election, 1941]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|[[Richard Ronald Burns]]
|align="right"|1,789
|align="right"|24.41%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Conservative/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Charles Frederick Daly
|align="right"|<1,883
|align="right"|25.69 %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|<b>[[Herbert Wilfred Herridge]]
|align="right"|<b>3,621
|align="right"|<b>49.40%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Labour/row}}
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1945|31st British Columbia election, 1945]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|People's Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.
|William Cunningham
|align="right"|2,060
|align="right"|32.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|[[Rupert William Haggen]]
|align="right"|933
|align="right"|14.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|[[Social Credit Party of British Columbia|Social Credit Alliance]]
|Horton George Layton
|align="right"|261
|align="right"|4.06%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[James Lockhart Webster]]
|align="right"|<b>3,171
|align="right"|<b>49.35%
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1949|22nd British Columbia election, 1949]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|James O'Donnell Quinn
|align="right"|4,588
|align="right"|43.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Coalition/row}}
|<b>[[Liberal-Conservative Coalition|Coalition]]
|<b>[[Alexander Douglas Turnbull]]
|align="right"|<b>5,910
|align="right"|<b>56.30%
|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"|
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1952|23rd British Columbia election, 1952]] <sup>2</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Erling Olaf Johnson
|align="right"|2,541
|align="right"|22.02%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|B.C. Social Credit League]]
|<b>[[Robert Edward Sommers]]
|align="right"|<b>3,979
|align="right"|<b>34.48%
|align="right"|<b>5,917
|align="right"|<b>55.20%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|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|<sup>2</sup> Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
|}
{{Election Pref begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1953|24th British Columbia election, 1953]] <sup>3</sup>}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Emil George Fletcher
|align="right"|621
|align="right"|5.56%
|align="right"| -
|align="right"| -.- %
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|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
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Robert Edward Sommers]]
|align="right"|<b>4,182
|align="right"|<b>37.43%
|align="right"|<b>5,778
|align="right"|<b>55.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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|<sup>3</sup> Preferential ballot. First and final counts of three (3) shown only.
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1956|25th British Columbia election, 1956]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]
|Thomas Alexander McRae
|align="right"|252
|align="right"|2.48%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Samuel Clayton Muirhead
|align="right"| 2,839
|align="right"|27.98%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Robert Edward Sommers]]
|align="right"|<b>5,097
|align="right"|<b>50.23%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1960|26th British Columbia election, 1960]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Leslie Brothers]]
|align="right"|5,562
|align="right"|51.12%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/CCF/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed.]]
|Kenneth William Gaylor
|align="right"|2,536
|align="right"|23.31%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Michael Eugene Krause
|align="right"|2,034
|align="right"|18.69%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|John Wilberforce Loader
|align="right"|608
|align="right"|5.59%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Communist/row}}
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Communist]]
|Albert James Warrington
|align="right"|141
|align="right"|1.30%
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1963|27th British Columbia election, 1963]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Leslie Brothers]]
|align="right"|<b>5,474
|align="right"|<b>51.02%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Robert Charles Maddocks
|align="right"|2,646
|align="right"|24.66%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative]]
|Alan J.G. McCulloch
|align="right"|1,470
|align="right"|13.70%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1966|28th British Columbia election, 1966]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Leslie Brothers]]
|align="right"|<b>5,600
|align="right"|<b>55.93%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Edward B. Campbell
|align="right"|2,453
|align="right"|24.50%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1969|29th British Columbia election, 1969]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|<b>[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|<b>[[Donald Leslie Brothers]]
|align="right"|<b>6,230
|align="right"|<b>48.54%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|Thomas Greer MacKenzie
|align="right"|4,948
|align="right"|38.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Joseph Remesz
|align="right"|1,359
|align="right"|10.59%
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1972|30th British Columbia election, 1972]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|[[Donald Leslie Brothers]]
|align="right"|4,936
|align="right"|35.21%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy]]
|align="right"|<b>7,542
|align="right"|<b>53.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1975|31st British Columbia election, 1975]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Burton Peter Campbell
|align="right"|6,055
|align="right"|41.89%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy]]
|align="right"|<b>7,881
|align="right"|<b>54.52%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1979|32nd British Columbia election, 1979]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Joseph Phillips Brooks
|align="right"|5,728
|align="right"|36.18%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy]]
|align="right"|<b>9,252
|align="right"|<b>58.44%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Progressive Conservatives/row}}
|[[British Columbia Conservative Party|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1983|33rd British Columbia election, 1983]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Sergio C. Cocchia
|align="right"|394
|align="right"|2.34%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy]]
|align="right"|<b>9,661
|align="right"|<b>57.47%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|Frederick William James Peitasche
|align="right"|176
|align="right"|1.05%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Walter A. Siemens
|align="right"|6,581
|align="right"|39.14%
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1986|34th British Columbia election, 1986]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Christopher Anthony Conyers D'Arcy]]
|align="right"|<b>8,195
|align="right"|<b>50.84%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Thomas C. Esakin
|align="right"|476
|align="right"|2.95%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Audrey L. Moore
|align="right"|7,448
|align="right"|46.21%
|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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1991|35th British Columbia election, 1991]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Social Credit/row}}
|[[British Columbia Social Credit Party|Social Credit]]
|Walter A. Siemens
|align="right"|3,267
|align="right"|20.27%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Ed Conroy]]
|align="right"|<b>8,340
|align="right"|<b>51.73%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}}
|[[British Columbia Green Party|Green]]
|Angela M.E. Price
|align="right"|713
|align="right"|4.42%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|Independent
|[[Christopher Anthony Conyers 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"|
|}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[British Columbia general election, 1996|36th British Columbia election, 1996]]}}
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/NDP/row}}
|<b>[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|New Democrat]]
|<b>[[Ed Conroy]]
|align="right"|<b>8,635
|align="right"|<b>50.74%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Liberal/row}}
|[[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]
|Jim Greene
|align="right"|5,923
|align="right"|34.80%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Green/row}}
|[[British Columbia Green Party|Green]]
|Clare Greidanus
|align="right"|434
|align="right"|2.55%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/BC Reform/row}}
|[[Reform Party of British Columbia|Reform]]
|Phillip Morris
|align="right"|1,366
|align="right"|8.03%
|align="right"|
|align="right"|unknown
{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Independents/row}}
|[[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 [[British Columbia general election, 1996|1996 election]]. The new riding representing the area as of the [[British Columbia general election, 2001|2001 election]] was [[West Kootenay-Boundary]].
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC Historical Returns]
[[Category:Defunct British Columbia provincial electoral districts]]