1. Michael Gravelle was born on January 23,1949 and is a politician in Ontario, Canada.
14 Facts About Michael Gravelle
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Michael Gravelle served as a member of cabinet during the Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne governments.
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Michael Gravelle was educated at the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Lakehead University, receiving a degree from the latter institution 1968.
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Michael Gravelle was an assistant to Liberal politicians Robert Andras, Stuart Smith and Joe Comuzzi.
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Michael Gravelle worked as a publicist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was a founder of the North of Superior Film Association.
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Michael 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.
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The election was won by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and Michael Gravelle joined 29 other Liberals in the opposition benches.
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Michael Gravelle supported Dwight Duncan for the party leadership in 1996.
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Michael Gravelle was appointed caucus chair on November 25,2003.
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On October 30,2007, Michael Gravelle was named Ontario Minister of Northern Development and Mines.
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Michael Gravelle was reconfirmed in that role after the 2014 election.
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In February 2017, Michael Gravelle temporarily stepped aside as minister because of his battle with depression; his duties were taken up by fellow cabinet minister Bill Mauro.
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The Liberals were heavily defeated at the 2018 provincial election, and Michael Gravelle was left as the only Liberal MPP in Northern Ontario.
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In 2020, Michael Gravelle announced that he would be seeking re-election in April 2022 he announced that his previous cancer had returned, and later that month said that he was not able to run for re-election.