EXECUTIVES

Minister Michael Gravelle

Michael Gravelle was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1995, representing the riding of Port Arthur. He was re-elected in 1999, 2003 and most recently in 2007 for the riding of Thunder Bay - Superior North.

Prior to his appointment as Minister of Northern Development and Mines in October 2007, Gravelle served as Government Caucus Chair and as a member of the Priorities and Planning Board. In June 2009, responsibility for forestry was added to the renamed Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry.

Gravelle has long been a dedicated community member, with an accomplished political and public service record. He is co-founder of the North of Superior Film Association and has served on the boards of the Magnus Theatre Company and the AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay. In the 1970s, Gravelle served as special assistant to the Honourable Robert Andras, a senior minister in the Trudeau cabinet. He later served as communications officer for the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and as a special assistant to the federal member for Thunder Bay-Nipigon. He also worked as a publicist for the CBC and as co-ordinator of Northern Development Councils for the Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry.

During Gravelle’s time in Opposition, he served as critic for Northern Development, Native Affairs, Culture, Transportation, and Community and Social Services.

Parliamentary Assistant Mike Brown

Mike Brown was first elected to the Ontario legislature in 1987. Brown has held numerous key posts in government and in Opposition. He was named Deputy Speaker of the Ontario legislature in 1999. He was elected Speaker in 2005. He has served as the critic for seniors’ issues, natural resources and northern development and mines. He has also been northern caucus chair, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Mines, Minister of Transportation and vice-chair of the Select Committee on Energy.

Before entering provincial politics, Brown served as deputy mayor of Gore Bay and president of the Manitoulin Municipal Association. An active member of the community, he has been president of the Rotary Club of Gore Bay, director of the Gore Bay Curling Club and president of the Manitoulin Island Country Club. Brown managed a small business and worked as a funeral director from 1974 to 1987. He attended Humber College and holds a BA in history from the University of Western Ontario.

Brown currently resides in Kagawong on Manitoulin Island. He and his wife, Lynn, have four daughters.

Deputy Minister David Lindsay

David Lindsay was appointed Deputy Minister, Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry as of July 27, 2009. Prior to this appointment, David Lindsay had been Deputy Minister of Natural Resources since January 2008. Previously, he was Deputy with the Ministry of Tourism from September 2006 to December 2007. Prior to this, he was President and CEO of the Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO), representing the 24 community colleges of Ontario.

Before joining ACAATO in August 2004, David was the founding President and CEO of the Ontario SuperBuild Corporation. From September l997 to December l999, he headed up the Ontario Jobs and Investment Board as President and CEO. The Jobs and Investment Board played an important role in the government’s jobs agenda, holding Premier’s Conferences around the province and presenting its final report to the Premier in March l999, “A Road Map to Prosperity: an Economic Plan for Jobs in the 2lst Century”.

David has held a number of increasingly senior positions in government and in opposition during the 1980s. He is a Fellow of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University as well as a Director of the Ireland Park Foundation. He is a past Director of the Ontario Innovation Trust, the World Wildlife Fund, the Canadian Tourism Commission, the Public Policy Forum and the Empire Club of Canada.

David lives in Toronto with his wife Charmaine. They have two adult children, Timothy and Sarah. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (1981) from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.