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 hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted only until 1912, after which the revised riding was simply Rossland.
For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).
Demographics
[edit]| Population, 1911 | |
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Electoral history
[edit]Note: Winners of each election are in bold.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Arthur Samuel Goodeve | 343 | 44.03% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | James Alexander MacDonald | 436 | 55.97% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 779 | 100.00% | ||||
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| Turnout | % | |||||
| 1 Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Archibald Francis Berry | 98 | 18.67% | – | unknown | |
| Conservative | Lorne Argyle Campbell | 186 | 35.43% | unknown | ||
| Liberal | James Alexander MacDonald | 241 | 45.90% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 525 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | William Robert Braden | 237 | 38.60% | unknown | ||
| Socialist | George Bernard Casey | 160 | 26.06% | – | unknown | |
| Liberal | John M. English | 217 | 35.34% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 614 | 100.00% | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lorne Argyle Campbell | 336 | 56.09% | unknown | ||
| Socialist | George Bernard Casey | 95 | 15.86% | – | unknown | |
| Liberal | Louis Denison Taylor | 168 | 28.05% | unknown | ||
| Total valid votes | 599 | 100.00% | ||||
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Redistribution following the 1912 election resulted in the renaming of the riding to Rossland.
Sources
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