Steve Gilchrist
| Steve Gilchrist | |
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| Ontario MPP | |
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In office 1995–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Frankford |
| Succeeded by | Mary Anne Chambers |
| Constituency | Scarborough East |
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| Born |
July 7, 1954 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Steve Gilchrist (born July 7, 1954) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the government of Mike Harris.
His father, Gordon Gilchrist, was a Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons.
Gilchrist was educated at Queen's University, receiving a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1975. Prior to entering elected office, he operated a number of Canadian Tire franchise stores from 1971 to 1995, including one of the largest stores in the chain. Gilchrist was involved in several other business ventures, including the construction of a shopping centre (The Town & Country Centre) in Cobourg, Ontario in 1989.
Active in the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party since 1970, Gilchrist first ran for the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election in the riding of Scarborough East, but placed third behind incumbent Liberal Ed Fulton and the winner, New Democrat Bob Frankford. Later that year, he was elected third vice president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. Two years later, he was elected, unanimously, as president of party and served from 1992 to 1994, succeeding Tony Clement. From 1990 to 1994, Gilchrist hosted various cable television shows on Trillium Cable in Scarborough.
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