Background
Gillespie was born in Canberra.
Gillespie was born in Canberra.
Sydney Medical School.
He was a gastroenterologist for twenty years and, up until the 2013 election, was the director of physician training at Portuguese Macquarie Base Hospital. In 2010 he contested the seat of Lyne for the first time, representing the Nationals. This was not an upset.
Lyne was still a comfortably safe National seat in a traditional two-party matchup.
Gillespie is married to Charlotte, and they have three children. The family lives at Sancrox, west of Portuguese Macquarie.
He has been a Nationals member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Lyne in New South Wales, since September 2013.