Bruce Ralston

Bruce Ralston is the current MLA for Surrey-Whalley in the Canadian province of British Columbia, and is currently Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources.

The Honourable Bruce Ralston MLA
Minister of Energy, Mines, and Petroleum Resources of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office January 22, 2020
Premier	John Horgan
Preceded by	Michelle Mungall
Minister of Jobs, Trade, and Technology of British Columbia
In office July 18, 2017 – January 22, 2020
Premier	John Horgan
Preceded by	Shirley Bond (Jobs) Jas Johal (Trade)
Succeeded by	Michelle Mungall
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Whalley
Incumbent
Assumed office May 17, 2005
Preceded by	Elayne Brenzinger
Personal details
Political party	New Democrat

He was born in Victoria and grew up in Vancouver. He has degrees in history and law from the University of British Columbia and a degree in history from the University of Cambridge in England. He has his own law firm in Surrey.[1]

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election and re-elected in 2009.[2]

He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.[3]

Electoral results

2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Bruce Ralston	9,060	58.37
	Liberal	Sargy Chima	4,712	30.36
	Green	Rita Anne Fromholt	1,665	10.73
	Communist	George Gidora	85	0.55
Total valid votes			15,522	100.00
Source: Elections BC[4]

2013 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Bruce Ralston	10,405	61.43	$112,496
	Liberal	Kuljeet Kaur	5,004	29.54	$34,568
	Conservative	Sunny Chohan	1,110	6.55	$40,961
	Vision	Jag Bhandari	420	2.48	$9,375
Total valid votes			16,939	100.00
Total rejected ballots			248	1.44
Turnout			17,187	46.28
Source: Elections BC[5]

2009 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Bruce Ralston	10,453
	Liberal	Radhia Benalia	4,083
	Green	Bernadette Kennan	1,189

2005 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Bruce Ralston	8,903	55.00
	Liberal	Barbara Steele	4,949	30.57
	Green	Roy Whyte	1,238	7.65
	Democratic Reform	Elayne Brenzinger	607	3.75
	Marijuana	Melady Belinda Earl	302	1.87
	Independent	Joe Pal	139	0.86
	Platinum	Neil Gregory Magnuson	50	0.31
Total			16,188	100.00

References

1. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2. Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3. commentary at straight.com, March 4, 2010
4. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
5. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

British Columbia Provincial Government of John Horgan
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Shirley Bond Jas Johal	Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology July 18, 2017–	Incumbent