Trail (electoral district)

Trail 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 Trail, B.C. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1916 . Its predecessor riding was Rossland City (1903–1912) and from 1924 it was succeeded by the riding of Rossland-Trail.

For other current and historical electoral districts in the Kootenay region, please see Kootenay (electoral districts).

Electoral history

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

14th British Columbia election, 1916

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Socialist	Albert Goodwin	262	19.07%	–	unknown
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	626	45.56%		unknown
	Liberal	Michael H. Sullivan	484	35.23%		unknown
Total valid votes			1,372	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

15th British Columbia election, 1920

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
	Liberal	Joseph Stephen Deschamps	848	39.20%		unknown
	Conservative	James Hargrave Schofield	1,315	60.80%		unknown
Total valid votes			2,163	100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			%

Redistribution following the 1920 election resulted in the merger of the Trail riding with the adjacent Rossland riding to form Rossland-Trail for the 1924 election. That riding lasted until 1996. The riding currently representing this area is West Kootenay-Boundary.

Sources

Elections BC Historical Returns