Background
Gillies was born in Herron"s Mills in Lanark County, Ontario, the son of John Gillies and Mary Cullen Bain, both Scottish immigrants, and was educated in Lanark, Carleton Place and at the Brockville Business College.
politician Member of the National Assembly
Gillies was born in Herron"s Mills in Lanark County, Ontario, the son of John Gillies and Mary Cullen Bain, both Scottish immigrants, and was educated in Lanark, Carleton Place and at the Brockville Business College.
He represented Pontiac in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1908 as a Liberal. Gillies Brothers & Company Limited. also manufactured steam engines, mill machinery, textiles and boats.
The company did much of their logging in the Pontiac region and Gillies was elected to the Quebec assembly four times even though he was a resident of Ontario. He settled in Carleton Place in 1880.
Gillies died in Carleton Place at the age of 77.
Gillies Brothers & Company Limited. continued to operate under family ownership until 1963, when it was purchased by Consolidated Paper Corporation who continued operating the company under the same name.