Phil Gillies
| Phil Gillies | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1981–1987 |
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| Preceded by | Mac Makarchuk |
| Succeeded by | Dave Neumann |
| Constituency | Brantford |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 7, 1954 Hertfordshire, England |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence | Brantford, Ontario |
| Profession | Advertising executive |
Philip Andrew Gillies (born May 7, 1954) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987 as a Progressive Conservative, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Frank Miller.
Gillies was educated at Queenborough in Kent, England. After moving to Ontario, he completed his education at the University of Western Ontario and worked as an advertising executive.
He ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, but lost to New Democratic Party candidate Mac Makarchuk in the riding of Brantford. In 1977 and 1978, Gillies worked as research assistant to Ontario Premier Bill Davis. He ran again in the 1981 election, and defeated Makarchuk by over 3,000 votes.
Gillies served as a backbench supporter of the Davis government, and endorsed Larry Grossman for the party leadership in January 1985; Grossman, however, would lose the leadership contest to Frank Miller. When Miller became the Premier of Ontario on February 8, 1985, he named Gillies as a minister without portfolio.
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