Michael Gravelle
| The Honourable Michael Gravelle MPP |
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Gravelle in 2015
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North Port Arthur (1995-1999) |
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| Assumed office June 8, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Shelley Wark-Martyn |
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| Born | January 23, 1949 Port Arthur, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Executive assistant, publicist |
Michael Gravelle (born January 23, 1949) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 1995. He represents the riding of Thunder Bay—Superior North. He was a member of cabinet during the Dalton McGuinty government and as of 2013 serves in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne.
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Background[edit]
Gravelle was born in Port Arthur, which is now a part of Thunder Bay, the son of Edmund Gravelle and Jan Shepherd.[1] He was educated at the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Lakehead University, receiving a degree from the latter institution 1968. He was an assistant to Liberal politicians Robert Andras, Stuart Smith and Joe Comuzzi. He also worked as a publicist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was a founder of the North of Superior Film Association.[1]
Politics[edit]
Gravelle was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1995 provincial election, defeating incumbent New Democrat Shelley Wark-Martyn by almost 7,000 votes in the riding of Port Arthur.[2] The election was won by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and Gravelle joined 29 other Liberals in the opposition benches. He supported Dwight Duncan for the party leadership in 1996.
Gravelle was easily re-elected for the new riding of Thunder Bay—Superior North in the 1999 provincial election.[3]
In the provincial election of 2003, Gravelle was re-elected with 72.5 per cent of the popular vote, the highest percentage total in the province.[4] He was appointed caucus chair on November 25, 2003. In the 2007 election, he was returned by a much narrower margin, 46.8 to 38.3, against New Democrat candidate Jim Foulds.[5]
On October 30, 2007, Gravelle was named Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines.[6] In the summer of 2009, Gravelle's ministry was expanded, adding on the responsibility of forestry. In 2011 he was shuffled to the position of Minister of Natural Resources. In February 2013, Kathleen Wynne moved him back to the position of Minister of Northern Development and Mines.[7] He was reconfirmed in that role after the 2014 election.[8]
He was re-elected in 2011,[9] and 2014.[10]
Cabinet positions[edit]
| Provincial Government of Kathleen Wynne | ||
| Cabinet Post (1) | ||
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| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Rick Bartolucci | Minister of Northern Development and Mines 2013– |
incumbent |
| Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty | ||
| Cabinet Posts (2) | ||
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Linda Jeffrey | Minister of Natural Resources 2011–2013 |
David Orazietti |
| Rick Bartolucci | Minister of Northern Development and Mines 2007–2011 |
Rick Bartolucci |
Electoral record[edit]
| Ontario general election, 2014: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 15,503 | 56.00 | +11.00 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Foulds | 8,144 | 29.42 | -5.43 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Derek Parks | 1,985 | 7.17 | -10.34 | ||||
| Green | Joseph LeBlanc | 993 | 3.59 | +1.47 | ||||
| Libertarian | Tamara Johnson | 922 | 3.33 | +2.82 | ||||
| Northern Ontario Heritage | Paul Sloan | 136 | 0.49 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,683 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 262 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Turnout | 27,945 | 50.41 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 55,436 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[11] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2011: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 11,765 | 45.00 | -1.78 | ||||
| New Democratic | Steve Mantis | 9,111 | 34.85 | -3.41 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Anthony LeBlanc | 4,578 | 17.51 | +8.11 | ||||
| Green | Scot Kyle | 555 | 2.12 | -3.43 | ||||
| Libertarian | Tony Gallo | 133 | 0.51 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 26,142 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 97 | 0.37 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,239 | 48.20 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 54,443 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[12] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2007: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 13,373 | 46.78 | -25.28 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jim Foulds | 10,938 | 38.26 | +23.32 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Scott Hobbs | 2,688 | 9.40 | -0.16 | ||||
| Green | Dawn Kannegiesser | 1,586 | 5.55 | +2.11 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,585 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 169 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28,754 | 53.91 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 53,341 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[13] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2003: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 21,938 | 72.45 | +11.55 | ||||
| New Democratic | Bonnie Satten | 4,548 | 15.02 | -3.53 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brent Sylvester | 2,912 | 9.62 | -8.36 | ||||
| Green | Carl Rose | 882 | 2.91 | +1.70 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 30,280 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 160 | 0.53 | ||||||
| Turnout | 30,440 | 55.60 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 54,753 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[14] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 1999: Thunder Bay—Superior North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 19,249 | 60.9 | +11.98 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nathalie Galesloot | 5,864 | 18.55 | -7.11 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ed Linkewich | 5,683 | 17.98 | -4.47 | ||||
| Independent | Robert Woito | 431 | 1.36 | |||||
| Green | Carl Rose | 382 | 1.21 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 31,609 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 232 | 0.73 | ||||||
| Turnout | 31,841 | 54.94 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 57,961 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[15] | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 1995: Port Arthur | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Michael Gravelle | 14,281 | 48.92 | +9.76 | ||||
| New Democratic | (x)Shelley Wark-Martyn | 7,490 | 25.66 | -17.22 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Doherty | 6,554 | 22.45 | +8.59 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Anita Harris | 683 | 2.34 | -1.76 | ||||
| Independent | Paul Weber | 18 | 0.62 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 29,190 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 322 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,512 | 61.91 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 47,672 | |||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b O'Handley, Kathryn (2005). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 2005. ISBN 1-4144-0141-8.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Bay-Superior+North&flag=E&layout=G "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate" Check
|url=value (help). Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Retrieved 2014-03-02. - ^ Bay-Superior+North&flag=E&layout=G "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate" Check
|url=value (help). Elections Ontario. October 2, 2003. Retrieved 2014-03-02. - ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 10, 2007. p. 15 (xxiv). Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ Ferguson, Rob; Benzie, Robert (October 31, 2007). "Premier goes for new blood; Expanded 28-member cabinet has eight ministers from Toronto, three from 905 area". Toronto Star. p. A13.
- ^ "Ontario's new cabinet". Waterloo Region Record (Kitchener, Ont). February 12, 2013. p. A3.
- ^ Richard Brennan; Robert Benzie; Rob Ferguson (June 24, 2014). "Kathleen Wynne warns financial cupboard is bare". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 17. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ "General Election by District: Thunder Bay-Superior North". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014.
- ^ Elections Ontario (2014). "General Election Results by District, 091 Thunder Bay-Superior North". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ Elections Ontario (2011). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thunder Bay—Superior North" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ Elections Ontario (2007). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thunder Bay—Superior North" (PDF). Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ Elections Ontario (2003). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thunder Bay—Superior North". Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ Elections Ontario (1999). "Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Thunder Bay—Superior North". Retrieved 1 June 2014.
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