Chester Gillan (born 25 September 1943) is a former

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educator and politician from

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. Born in

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and educated at

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and the

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, Gillan was a high school teacher before entering politics, being elected from 1996 to 2007 as a candidate for the

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in the electoral district of

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(now ''Charlottetown-Sherwood'') in the

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. He served as the Minister of Health in the cabinet of then-Premier Pat Binns.

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