predecessor death_date death_place birth_place title birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
william eakin 18 january 1940 whitewood , saskatchewan whycocomagh , nova scotia speaker of the legislative assembly of the north-west territories 28 january 1864 1902 abgillis.jpg archibald beaton gillis
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archibald beaton gillis

archibald beaton gillis -lrb- january 28 , 1864 -- january 18 , 1940 -rrb- was a farmer and political figure in saskatchewan , canada .
he represented whitewood in the legislative assembly of the northwest territories from 1894 to 1904 as a liberal-conservative and whitewood and then pipestone in the legislative assembly of saskatchewan from 1905 to 1912 as a provincial rights -lrb- conservative -rrb- member .
gillis sat for saskatchewan division in the senate of canada from 1921 to 1940 .
he was born in whycocomagh , nova scotia , the son of donald gillis , a native of scotland .
gillis came to saskatchewan , then part of the northwest territories , in 1880 .
he was postmaster at whitewood 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 during world war i .
in 1914 , gillis married margaret lamont .
he died in office at the age of 75 .
