# Peter Rolston

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**Peter Carson Rolston** (August 15, 1937[1] – November 3, 2006[2]) was a [United Church](/source/United_Church_of_Canada) minister and political figure in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. He represented [Dewdney](/source/Dewdney_(electoral_district)) in the [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia) from 1972 to 1975 as a [New Democratic Party](/source/British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party) (NDP) member.

## Biography

He graduated from the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia) in 1964 with a [bachelor of arts](/source/Bachelor_of_arts) degree,[3] then became ordained in 1965.[2][4] He served as minister for St. Andrews United Church in [Mission](/source/Mission,_British_Columbia), Mt. Paul United Church in [Kamloops](/source/Kamloops), St. John's Strawberry Hill Church in [Delta](/source/Delta,_British_Columbia), and Northwood United Church in [Surrey](/source/Surrey,_British_Columbia).[1][4]

He ran as an NDP candidate in the [1972 provincial election](/source/1972_British_Columbia_general_election), and defeated the incumbent [Social Credit](/source/British_Columbia_Social_Credit_Party) candidate [George Mussallem](/source/George_Mussallem) to become member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for [Dewdney](/source/Dewdney_(electoral_district)).[5]: 314 He lost to Mussallem when he ran for re-election in [1975](/source/1975_British_Columbia_general_election) in the Dewdney riding,[5]: 324 and was defeated in [Kamloops](/source/Kamloops_(provincial_electoral_district)) in [1986](/source/1986_British_Columbia_general_election).[5]: 352

Rolston and his wife Louise had two children together.[4] He was the grandson of [Tilly Rolston](/source/Tilly_Rolston), MLA for [Vancouver-Point Grey](/source/Vancouver-Point_Grey) from 1941 to 1953 and the first woman in Canada with a cabinet portfolio.[2][6] He died at home of [non-Hodgkin lymphoma](/source/Non-Hodgkin_lymphoma) in 2006.[2][4]

## References

1. ["Rolston, Reverend Peter"](http://www.tacomadailyindex.com/portals-code/obits.cgi?cmpRegion=&paper=38&name=rolston&paperSelect=38&submit=Search+obituaries). Abbotsford News. Retrieved 2012-01-23.[dead link]

1. ["Hansard"](https://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-content/Debates/38th3rd/20070228pm-Hansard-v15n3.htm). Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. February 28, 2007. Retrieved 2025-10-20.

1. ["Grads Sweep to Electoral Victory"](https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/chronicle/AL_CHRON_1972_3.pdf). *UBC Alumni Chronicle, Autumn 1972*. [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia). Retrieved 2025-10-20.

1. ["Rolston, Reverend Peter"](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?n=peter-carson-rolston&pid=19882443). Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2019-03-12.

1. ["Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986"](http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf). [Elections BC](/source/Elections_BC). pp. 314, 324, 352. Retrieved 2011-07-27.

1. Noakes, Taylor C. (October 20, 2022). ["Tilly Rolston"](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tilly-rolston). *thecanadianencyclopedia.ca*. [Canadian Encyclopedia](/source/Canadian_Encyclopedia). Retrieved 2025-10-18.

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