Michael Gravelle

The Honourable Michael Gravelle MPP
Gravelle in 2015
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Thunder Bay—Superior North Port Arthur (1995-1999)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 8, 1995
Preceded by	Shelley Wark-Martyn
Personal details
Born	(1949-01-23) January 23, 1949 (age 68) Port Arthur, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	Executive assistant, publicist

Michael Gravelle (born January 23, 1949) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 1995. He represents the riding of Thunder Bay—Superior North. He was a member of cabinet during the Dalton McGuinty government and as of 2013 serves in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne. He temporarily stepped away from cabinet in February 2017.

Gravelle was born in Port Arthur, which is now a part of Thunder Bay, the son of Edmund Gravelle and Jan Shepherd. He was educated at the Port Arthur Collegiate Institute and Lakehead University, receiving a degree from the latter institution 1968. He was an assistant to Liberal politicians Robert Andras, Stuart Smith and Joe Comuzzi. He also worked as a publicist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and was a founder of the North of Superior Film Association.

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. The election was won by the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and Gravelle joined 29 other Liberals in the opposition benches. He supported Dwight Duncan for the party leadership in 1996.