Evelyn Gillespie

{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1952)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Evelyn Gillespie

| image = Evelyn Gillespie, 2000.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|1}}

| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

| death_date =

| residence =

| constituency_AM = Comox Valley

| assembly = British Columbia Legislative

| term_start1 = May 28, 1996

| term_end1 = May 16, 2001

| predecessor1 = Margaret Lord

| successor1 = Stan Hagen

| party = British Columbia New Democratic Party

| religion =

| occupation = Resort Operator

}}

Evelyn Marie Gillespie (born April 1, 1952) is a former Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.[http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Reference/Women_MLAs.pdf Women Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220035507/http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/Public/Reference/Women_MLAs.pdf |date=February 20, 2011 }} She served as Minister of Women's Equality from November 1, 2000 to June 5, 2001.

She graduated from the University of British Columbia 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 Vancouver Health Department.

She also operated a small resort in the Comox Valley and now owns and operates the Laughing Oyster Bookshop in Courtenay, British Columbia.