Claude Gravelle (born October 26, 1949) is a former
Canadian
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politician, first elected to represent the
electoral district
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of
Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953.
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in the
2008 Canadian federal election
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. He is a member of the
New Democratic Party
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and was defeated in the
2015 Canadian federal election
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Gravelle is a retired machinist and union organizer at
Inco
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's mining operations in
Sudbury, where he was a member of the
United Steelworkers
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union. Gravelle first entered politics in 1997 on the town council of
Rayside-Balfour
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. He did not run for re-election to
Greater Sudbury City Council
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following the municipal amalgamation in the
2000 municipal election, but became co-chair of the Rayside-Balfour
community action network. He ran for re-election to city council in the
2003 municipal election, but was not elected.
Gravelle ran as the federal New Democratic Party candidate in Nickel Belt in the
2004
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and
2006
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federal elections, losing narrowly to incumbent MP
Ray Bonin
Raymond C. "Ray" Bonin (born November 20, 1942) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Nickel Belt, from 1993 to 2008. Prior to entering politics, he was a teacher a ...
both times. He won the riding in 2008 following Bonin's retirement, easily beating the new
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candidate, former city councillor Louise Portelance. In 2015, he lost to Liberal challenger
Marc Serré
Marc G. Serré (born January 28, 1967) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He is the son of Gaetan Serré, who represented Nic ...
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Electoral record
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Claude Gravelle*
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1949 births
Franco-Ontarian people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
New Democratic Party MPs
Politicians from Greater Sudbury
Ontario municipal councillors
Canadian trade unionists
Living people
21st-century Canadian politicians