(VIDEO BELOW) Twenty years ago the former assistant to then MP Joe Commuzzi won Thunder Bay’s north riding in the provincial election.
Michael Gravelle had a convincing victory, winning about 50 per cent of the vote over his NDP and PC rivals. Despite the landslide victory, few could have imagined at the time that Gravelle would go on to keep that seat at Queen’s Park for more than 20 years.
We’ve taken a look through our archives; below is the TBT News report from the election night that then-rookie candidate Michael Gravelle punched his first ticket to Queen’s Park.