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Chester Gillan

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Chester Gillan
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for
Parkdale-Belvedere
In office
18 November 1996 – 28 May 2007
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byRobert Mitchell
Personal details
Born (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 81)
Political partyProgressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
OccupationPublic school teacher (retired); Minister of the Crown (retired); Real Estate Agent

Chester Gillan (born 25 September 1943)[1] is a former Canadian educator and politician from Prince Edward Island.

Born in Charlottetown and educated at Saint Dunstan's University and the University of New Brunswick, Gillan was a high school teacher before entering politics, being elected from 1996 to 2007 as a candidate for the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party in the electoral district of Parkdale-Belvedere (now Charlottetown-Sherwood) in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.[citation needed]

He served as the Minister of Health in the cabinet of then-Premier Pat Binns.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Minding the House: a biographical guide to Prince Edward Island MLAs (Volume 2), 1993-2017 (Cassandra Bernard & Sean McQuaid, Eds.)" (PDF). Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 5 April 2021.