He was ordained a minister in 1965. Rolston was the grandson of Tilly Jean Rolston.[2] He served as minister for St. Andrews United Church in Mission[1] Tahsis/Gold River/Zeballos, Mt. Paul United Church, Kamloops, St. John's Strawberry Hill Church, Delta, British Columbia, and Northwood United Church Surrey, British Columbia.[3] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1975 in the Dewdney riding and again in 1986 when he ran in the Kamloops riding.[4] Rolston died at home of lymphoma in 2006.[2]