Evelyn Marie Gillespie (born April 1, 1952) is a Canadian former politician. She served as MLA for the

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riding in the

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from 1996 to 2001, as a member of the

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.Women Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
She graduated from the

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in 1976 with a degree in recreation education. Before her election as an MLA, she co-ordinated volunteer programs at a Calgary shelter for abused women and their children and also worked as a co-ordinator of volunteer programs at the Addiction Research Foundation in Toronto and with the

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. She also operated a small resort in the

and now owns and operates the Laughing Oyster Bookshop in

Courtenay, British Columbia Courtenay ( ) is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest community and only city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and the seat of the Comox Valley Regional Dis ...

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