Career
Born in Charlottetown and educated at Saint Dunstan"s University and the University of New Brunswick, Gillan was a high school teacher before entering politics, being elected from 1996-2007 as a candidate for the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party in the electoral district of Parkdale-Belvedere (now Charlottetown-Sherwood) in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. He served as the Minister of Health in the cabinet of then-Premier Pat Binns.
