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. 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.