Bruce Ralston
Canadian politician
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| Places | Canada | |||
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| Work field | Politics | |||
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| Politics: | British Columbia New Democratic Party | |||
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Biography
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.
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.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election and re-elected in 2009.
He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Electoral results
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Whalley | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||