Chester Gillan

Canadian educator and politician

Chester Gillan

Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Parkdale-Belvedere
In office 18 November 1996 – 28 May 2007
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Robert Mitchell

Personal details
Born	(1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 80)
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island
Occupation	Public 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

^ ^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.