Michel Gravel (born 4 August 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former businessman and Progressive Conservative party politician who served in the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...

. Gravel was elected in the Gamelin electoral district in the 1984 federal election and served in the

33rd Canadian Parliament The 33rd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 5, 1984, until October 1, 1988. The membership was set by the 1984 federal election on September 4, 1984, and it only changed slightly due to resignations and by-elections prior to being ...

. He left federal politics after this term of office and did not campaign in the 1988 federal election. He was charged with bribery and fraud in 1986 after confessing to the receipt of $75,000 from businesspeople who were seeking federal government business. In December 1988, he pleaded guilty to these charges and was sentenced to a $50,000 fine and a year in a Montreal prison in February 1989. On 31 March 1989, correctional officials released him to a halfway house citing good behaviour, with full parole to begin that June. Gravel later alleged before a Quebec Order of Engineers tribunal that fellow Progressive Conservative member

Roch La Salle Roch La Salle (August 6, 1928 – August 20, 2007) was a Canadian politician who served in the province of Quebec. He represented the riding of Joliette in the House of Commons of Canada for 20 years. A popular figure, he was re-elected ...

had also received bribes for government contracts. This led to criminal charges for two other Conservative Members of Parliament, Gilles Bernier and

Richard Grisé Richard Grisé (born 15 January 1944 in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman and life insurance broker by career. He represented the Quebec riding of Chambly where he was fi ...

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* 1939 births Living people Canadian fraudsters Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montreal Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub