Claude Gravelle
Claude Gravelle | |
|---|---|
Ray Bonin | |
| Succeeded by | Marc Serré |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 26, 1949[1] Sudbury, Ontario |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Marie-Claire Breton |
| Profession | machinist, labour union organizer |
Claude Gravelle (born October 26, 1949) is a former Canadian politician, first elected to represent the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the New Democratic Party and was defeated in the 2015 Canadian federal election
Gravelle is a retired machinist and union organizer at
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
Ray Bonin both times. He won the riding in 2008 following Bonin's retirement, easily beating the new Liberal candidate, former city councillor Louise Portelance. In 2015, he lost to Liberal challenger Marc Serré
.
Electoral record
Nickel Belt
| ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Marc Serré | 21,021 | 42.80 | +28.74 | $39,869.30 | |||
| New Democratic | Claude Gravelle | 18,556 | 37.78 | -17.20 | $94,855.24 | |||
| Conservative | Aino Laamanen | 8,221 | 16.74 | -11.29 | $14,060.79 | |||
| Green | Stuart McCall | 1,217 | 2.48 | -0.31 | $3,772.22 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dave Starbuck | 98 | 0.20 | +0.07 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,113 | 100.00 | $233,625.58 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.39 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,305 | 67.70 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,828 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +22.97 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Claude Gravelle | 19,019 | 46.5% | |||||
| Liberal | Louise Portelance | 10,713 | 26.2% | |||||
| Conservative | Ian McCracken | 8,851 | 21.7% | |||||
| Green | Fred Twilley | 2,050 | 5.0% | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Steve Rutchinski | 125 | 0.3% | |||||
| Independent | Yves Villeneuve | 115 | 0.3% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 40,873 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,873 | 57.9% | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Ray Bonin |
19,775 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Claude Gravelle | 17,668 | ||||||
| Conservative | Margaret Schwartzentruber | 5,822 | ||||||
| Progressive Canadian | Mathieu Péron | 1,044 | ||||||
| Green | Mark McAllister | 975 | ||||||
| Marijuana | Michel D. Ethier | 421 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Steve Rutchinski | 42 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Ray Bonin |
17,188 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Claude Gravelle | 13,980 | ||||||
| Conservative | Mike Dupont | 7,628 | ||||||
| Green | Steve Lafleur | 1,031 | ||||||
| Marijuana | Michel D. Ethier | 430 | ||||||
| Independent | Don Lavallee | 217 | ||||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Steve Rutchinski | 51 | ||||||