Rolleston first joined the canterbury provincial council when he was appointed to the canterbury executive council on 4 december 1863. His tenure on the executive council finished on 16 june 1865. On 23 january 1864, he was elected as a provincial councillor in the heathcote electorate and remained a councillor until 23 june 1865. The previous day, he was elected unopposed as the 4th (and last) superintendent of the canterbury province. He held that office until the abolition of the provinces on 31 october 1876.
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