Chester Gillan

Chester Gillan
MLA for Parkdale-Belvedere
In office
27 November 1996  12 June 2007
Preceded by first member
Succeeded by Robert Mitchell
Personal details
Born 1943
Political party Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
Occupation Public school teacher (retired); Minister of the Crown (retired); Real Estate Agent
Religion Roman Catholic

Chester Gillan (b. 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,[1] being elected from 1996-2007 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.

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

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