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Born in Victoria, British Columbia , Gillespie attended Brentwood College School , McGill University and then Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar . After receiving a business degree from the University Of Toronto , he went on to senior role in the educational publisher W.J. Gage and company.

Gillespie was elected as a Liberal Member Of Parliament (MP) for the Toronto riding of Etobicoke in the 1968 Election . He was re-elected in the 1972 and 1974 Elections . He lost to Michael Wilson in the 1979 Election .

He held various ministerial positions including: Industry, Trade And Commerce ; Energy, Mines And Resources ; State for Science and Technology; and
Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board.

In 1998 , he was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada .


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