He was born near Mallow in County Cork, the son of John Gillespie and Eliza Sheehan, and was educated at Rathkeale. Gillespie came to New Brunswick in 1848 and, in 1854, settled in Chatham, where he purchased an iron foundry. He also sold insurance and general merchandise. In 1855, Gillespie married Elizabeth Cormack. He was a justice of the peace and lieutenant colonel in the local militia. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament in 1867 and ran unsuccessfully in a by-election for the provincial assembly in 1869 before being elected in 1870. He was defeated in his bid for reelection in 1874, then reelected in 1878 and 1882, but defeated in 1886 and an 1887 by-election.
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The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1873)
The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men (1881)
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