Bruce Ralston is the current MLA for Surrey-Whalley in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election. A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ... Surrey-Whalley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Flower Pacific dogwood Tree Western Redcedar Bird Stellers Jay Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6... Legislature Building in Victoria, BC The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. ... Popular vote map by riding Popular vote map by riding (four-colour version) The 38th British Columbia general election was held on May 17, 2005, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia (BC), Canada. ...
He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Ralph BruceRalston is numbered among the leading attorneys-at-law of Eldorado, and when elected to his present position of probate judge of Butler county was the senior member of the law firm of Ralston and Geddes, which was formed in 1906.
Ralston was born on his father's farm, near the pleasant little village of Towanda, Butler county, Feb. 22, 1883, a son of Andrew J. and Mary Lavina (Stewart) Ralston, the former born at Martin's Ferry, Ohio.
Ralston is a Master Mason, a Republican in his political adherencyhaving been a party worker since he was twenty-one years oldis a member of the State Bar Association, and he and his wife are both zealous members of the Christian church.
Campbell had told the Vancouver Sun that Wilkinson was hired only after the Liberals "carried out a thorough search across the country for people to take on responsibilities as deputy ministers." But BC NDP President BruceRalston wanted to see the details of that search and made a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Ralston has received nothing from the government to suggest an ordinary process was followed in Wilkinson's hiring.
Ralston has requested a review pursuant to section 52 of the Freedom of Information Act on the refusal of Ken Dobell to comply with a reasonable request for information.