| Graham Bruce | |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Duncan, British Columbia |
| Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative |
| Constituency Am: | Cowichan-Ladysmith |
| Term Start: | May 16, 2001 |
| Term End: | May 17, 2005 |
| Successor: | Doug Routley |
| Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
| Constituency Am1: | Cowichan-Malahat |
| Term Start1: | October 22, 1986 |
| Term End1: | October 17, 1991 |
| Predecessor1: | Barbara Wallace |
| Successor1: | Jan Pullinger[1] |
| Office3: | Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture of British Columbia |
| Premier3: | Rita Johnston |
| Term Start3: | April 15, 1991 |
| Term End3: | November 5, 1991 |
| Predecessor3: | Lyall Franklin Hanson |
| Successor3: | Robin Blencoe |
| Office4: | Minister of Skills Development and Labour of British Columbia |
| Premier4: | Gordon Campbell |
| Term Start4: | June 5, 2001 |
| Term End4: | June 16, 2005 |
| Predecessor4: | Joan Smallwood |
| Successor4: | Michael de Jong |
| Party: | Social Credit → BC Liberal |
Graham Preston Bruce is a former Canadian politician. After serving as Mayor of North Cowichan, and an unsuccessful run in the 1983 provincial election, Bruce was elected as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1991 in the electoral district of Cowichan-Malahat. He was later re-elected as a BC Liberal, representing the district of Cowichan-Ladysmith from 2001 to 2005.[2]
On October 3, 1989, Bruce and three colleagues — Duane Delton Crandall, David Mercier, and Doug Mowat — quit the governing Social Credit caucus to sit as "Independent Social Credit" members. In a joint statement, the four stressed that they "in no way desire[d] the fall of our government", but wished to spur an "open and realistic assessment" of Bill Vander Zalm's continued leadership.[3] Bruce was said to have grown discontent after the shocking by-election defeat in Cariboo, a longtime stronghold for the party, two weeks prior.[4] Bruce returned to the Socred caucus on February 14, 1990, alongside Mercier and Mowat (Crandall had already rejoined caucus in January).[5]
In 2009, Conflict of Interest Commissioner Paul Fraser ruled that Bruce received no direct benefit of his former cabinet post, despite acting as a paid consultant to the Cowichan Journey of a Generation Society and Cowichan Tribes within two years of losing in the 2005 election. Bruce was, however, found in contravention of the Federal Lobbyists' Code of Conduct for not registering.[6]