Nickel Belt

• Ian McCracken
• Frederick Twilley
• Yves Villeneuve
• Louise Portelance
• Steve Rutchinski
• Claude Gravelle

Ian McCracken

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Birthdate: June 23, 1948

Age: 60

Birthplace: Ottawa, Ont.

Profession: Self-employed marketing and sales agent

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Linda

Children: Five children

Community Activities: Volunteered for service clubs, minor sports, scouting, and playground association for a total of 30 years. Currently active in the Knights of Columbus in Sudbury.

Mailing address:

4558 Elmview Drive

Hanmer, Ont.

Contact information:

Phone: 705-969-0263

Long distance: 1-888-969-0263

ianmcckracken@persona.ca

www.IanMcCracken.ca

Frederick Twilley

Party: Green Party of Canada

Year of Birth: 1945

Birthplace: Toronto

Education: Bachelor of applied sciences in geology at the University of Toronto

Profession: Engineer

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Yollande

Children: Seven

Career Background: Worked for Falconbridge Ltd. until 1999. Has since done contract work.

Community Activities: Volunteers for the Red Cross, Victim Crisis Assistance and Referral Service (VCARS), Sudbury and District Restorative Justice, and the United Way.

Electoral History

Provincial: Defeated in Nickel Belt in 2007

Contact information:

Telephone: 705-524-2558

frederick.twilley@greenparty.ca

ridings.greenparty.ca

Yves Villeneuve

Party: Independent

Birthdate: 1967

Birthplace: Sudbury, Ont.

Education: Studied in the Laurentian University School of Commerce program.

Profession: Independent policy architect

Contact information:

Telephone: 705-671-718

yves2007@sympatico.ca

www.yvesvilleneuve.ca/

Louise Portelance

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Profession: Businesswoman

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Denis

Children: Two

Career Background: She and her husband Denis own and operate a business called Ecowater in Val Caron, Ont.

Community Activities: Has been president of organizations such as the Association of French Municipalities of Ontario, the Children's Community Network and the Children's Services Co-operative; co-chair of the Mayor's and Council's Children First Roundtable, chair of the management committee of Pioneer Manor. Was also a board member of the Sudbury District Health Unit, Earthcare Sudbury, the Sudbury lake improvement advisory panel and the airport committee.

Electoral History

Municipal: Elected as regional councillor in 1997 and re-elected in 2000. Was appointed deputy mayor by her fellow councillors in 2003. In November 2003, she ran unsuccessfully to become mayor.

Contact information:

Telephone: 705-897-4324

lbp@personainternet.com

Steve Rutchinski

Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada

Profession: University administration staff

Career Background: Most of his working life has been in heavy industry as a blast furnace worker in the steel industry, lead smelting, and in the web printing industry.

Contact information:

Phone: 705-561-9329

www.mlpc.ca/candidates

Claude Gravelle

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Age: 55

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Marie-Claire Breton

Children: Two - Mike and Johanne

Career Background: Worked for INCO from 1963 to July 2003; retired as a machinist.

Community Activities: Director of the Rayside Balfour Youth Action Network. Secretary of the Family Hockey Tournament Funds Raising Committee. Chair of the Citizens' Police Advisory Committee. Member of the Greater City of Sudbury Committee of Adjustment. Past director of Rayside Balfour Minor Hockey and the Ontario National Training Centre.

Electoral History

Municipal: Town Councillor for Rayside-Balfour from 1997 to 2000.

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in 2004 and 2006.

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2008 Results