He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Quinte from 1995 to 1999.
Rollins was active in many community organizations and served as President of the Belleville Agricultural Society and the Quinte Exhibition and Raceway.
For many years he owned and operated a gas station in the east end of Belleville.
The Harris government reduced the number of provincial constituencies from 130 to 103 in 1996, and many sitting MPPs were forced to run against each other.
Rollins ran for the Progressive Conservative nomination in the new riding of Prince Edward—Hastings, but lost to Gary Fox.