Claude Gravelle

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Claude Gravelle is a Canadian politician.

A retired machinist and union organizer at Inco's mining operations in Sudbury, Gravelle first entered politics in 1997 on the town council of Rayside-Balfour. He did not run for re-election to Greater Sudbury City Council following the municipal amalgamation of 2000, but became co-chair of the Rayside-Balfour Community Action Network.

Gravelle ran as the federal New Democratic Party candidate in Nickel Belt in the 2004 and 2006 federal elections, losing narrowly to incumbent MP Ray Bonin both times. He has been nominated again in the next election.

[edit] Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ray Bonin	19,775
	New Democrat	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

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ray Bonin	17,188
	New Democrat	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