Archibald Beaton Gillis (January 28, 1864 – January 18, 1940) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada. He represented Whitewood

Whitewood (N.W.T. electoral district)

Whitewood, was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories of Canada from 1887 to 1905. The district was created from the former district of Broadview, prior to the 1888 general election....

 in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1894 to 1904 as a Liberal-Conservative

Northwest Territories Liberal-Conservative Party

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 and Whitewood and then Pipestone

Pipestone (Saskatchewan electoral district)

Pipestone was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this district was created as "Whitewood" before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 from 1905 to 1912 as a Provincial Rights

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 (Conservative) member. Gillis sat for Saskatchewan division in the Senate of Canada from 1921 to 1940.

He was born in Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia

Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia

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, the son of Donald Gillis, a native of Scotland

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. Gillis came to Saskatchewan, then part of the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

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, in 1880. He was postmaster at Whitewood

Whitewood, Saskatchewan

Whitewood is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located approximately east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway Sk Hwy 1. It is situated at the crossroads of two major highways systems – the Trans-Canada, which runs east and west, and Sk Hwy 9, which runs north and south from...

 from 1893 to 1908. He was also president of the Whitewood Trading Company and head of the Whitewood Implement Company. Gillis was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1901 to 1905. He served as lieutenant-colonel in the 217th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Canadian Expeditionary Force

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 during World War I

World War I

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. In 1914, Gillis married Margaret Lamont. He died in office at the age of 75.