Rossland City

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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. 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.

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Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are inbold.

10th British Columbia election, 1903
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Arthur Samuel Goodeve34344.03%unknown
  Liberal James Alexander MacDonald 43655.97%unknown
Total valid votes779100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
1Parr may have been a Labour candidate although Gosnell labels him a Liberal; he may have campaigned as both.
11th British Columbia election, 1907
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Socialist Archibald Francis Berry9818.67%unknown
Conservative Lorne Argyle Campbell 18635.43%unknown
  Liberal James Alexander MacDonald 24145.90%unknown
Total valid votes525100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
12th British Columbia election, 1909
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative William Robert Braden 23738.60%unknown
Socialist George Bernard Casey16026.06%unknown
  Liberal John M. English21735.34%unknown
Total valid votes614100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%
13th British Columbia election, 1912
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Conservative Lorne Argyle Campbell 33656.09%unknown
Socialist George Bernard Casey9515.86%unknown
  Liberal Louis Denison Taylor16828.05%unknown
Total valid votes599100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout%

Redistribution following the 1912 election resulted in the renaming of the riding to Rossland.

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