Bruce Ralston

Bruce Ralston
MLA for Surrey-Whalley
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Preceded by	Elayne Brenzinger
Official Opposition House Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office March 18, 2014
Preceded by	John Horgan
Personal details
Political party	New Democrat

Bruce Ralston is the current MLA for Surrey-Whalley in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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. He is also the official opposition member for finance.

Electoral results

British Columbia general election, 2005: 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%

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