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♂ John William Gillis
aliasBill Gillis
Record
23085 · 4137

Roman Catholic   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 88%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Nova Scotia 7 1 8
Birth 31 December 1936 → 87 years + 3 months ago
Lived 72 years + 7 months
First mandate 13 October 1970 → 53 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 9 months
Death 15 August 2009 → 14 years + 8 months ago
Exit → Death 11 years + 4 months after 23 March 1998
Special notes
None
 

No photo available
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Nova Scotia 27 5 3 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NS 54
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 48–49 15 Dec 1985 — 14 Mar 1986 0 2 27
2. NS 54
LIB
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 48–49 15 Dec 1985 — 14 Mar 1986 0 2 27

Electoral history

Races 8  
Path points 9  
2 documented challengers
⊕ A. Angus (Tando) MacIsaac  m 
 		 ⊖ William F. MacKinnon  m 
 
Eligible: 7,304 Votes: 6,464 Participation: 88.50% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Nova Scotia
30 May 1967
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14236(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 2/2 3,196 49.80% -26 Winner:
PC
 3,222 50.20% William F. MacKinnon
Eligible: 8,889 Votes: 7,938 Participation: 89.30% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
50		 Nova Scotia
13 October 1970
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8590(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/3 4,002 50.91% +408 Loser:
PC
 3,594 45.72% William Shaw

Service: 3 years 5 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,066 Votes: 9,103 Participation: 82.26% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
51		 Nova Scotia
2 April 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8544(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
LIB
 1/3 5,141 56.88% +1,969 Loser:
PC
 3,172 35.09% Ronnie (D.D.) MacDonald

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,217 Votes: 9,461 Participation: 84.35% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
52		 Nova Scotia
19 September 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4789(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
41
LIB
 1/3 4,689 49.82% +976 Loser:
PC
 3,713 39.45% Bill MacNeil

Service: 3 years 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,467 Votes: 9,785 Participation: 85.33% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
53		 Nova Scotia
6 October 1981
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1578(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
44
LIB
 1/3 4,522 46.47% +251 Loser:
PC
 4,271 43.90% A. Angus (Tando) MacIsaac

Service: 3 years 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 13,003 Votes: 10,857 Participation: 83.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
54		 Nova Scotia
6 November 1984
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1526(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/3 5,167 47.78% +313 Loser:
PC
 4,854 44.89% Liz Chisholm

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,733 Votes: 11,320 Participation: 88.90% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
55		 Nova Scotia
6 September 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1473(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/3 6,004 53.24% +1,541 Loser:
PC
 4,463 39.57% Bill Garvie

Service: 4 years 8 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 14,854 Votes: 11,370 Participation: 76.55% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
56		 Nova Scotia
25 May 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1421(F) — 22 Jul 2021 21:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
LIB
 1/3 7,292 64.48% +4,096 Loser:
PC
 3,196 28.26% Liz Chisholm

Service: 4 years 9 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,876 Votes: 11,249 Participation: 75.62% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
57		 Nova Scotia
24 March 1998
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1317(F) — 21 May 2022 13:51 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 4,649 41.55% A. Hyland Fraser

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758-1983: a biographical directory
Gillis, John William (p. 83)		 21 Apr 2024
EN The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia: a biographical directory from 1984 to the Present
Gillis, John William (pp. 91-92)		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bill Gillis		 21 Apr 2024

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