Mary Stuart Gile

{{Short description|Canadian-born American politician (1936–2019)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mary Stuart Gile

| image =

| image_size = 150px

| caption =

| state_house = New Hampshire

| district = Merrimack 27

| term_start = 1996

| term_end = January 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Gile-says-goodbye-19985548|title=Rep. Mary Stuart Gile: It's been an honor to serve you, Concord}}

| predecessor =

| successor = Art Ellison

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|3|24}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|15|1936|3|24}}

| death_place = Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Robert Gile

| children =

| residence = Concord, New Hampshire

| alma_mater = McGill University, University of New Hampshire, Vanderbilt University

| occupation = Professor, academic

}}

Mary Stuart Gile (née Sinclair; March 24, 1936 – October 15, 2019) was a Canadian-born American politician from New Hampshire.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vLNkPFGO_UC&q=%22Gile,+Mary+Stuart+%22+1936 |title=Who's Who of American Women, 1997-1998 - Google Books |date= December 1996|isbn=9780837904221 |accessdate=2018-10-11|last1=Who |first1=Marquis Who's |publisher=Marquis Who's Who }}

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, she attended public schools, and graduated from McGill University with a B.Sc. in physical education, health and recreation. She moved to the United States and became a naturalized United States citizen in 1969. She worked for the State of New Hampshire for 16 years, acquiring her M.Ed. from the University of New Hampshire and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from Vanderbilt University's George Peabody College. She married her second husband, Robert "Bob" Gile, becoming stepmother to his son, Jack. In 1976, the couple had a child together, Robert.{{Cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/todays-wonderful-wcc-woman-is-mary-stuart-gile|title=Today's Wonderful WCC Woman is Mary Stuart Gile|date=September 13, 2013|website=Concord, NH Patch}}

She was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, sitting as a Democrat from the Merrimack 27 district, having been first elected in 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/member.aspx?member=376123|title=Member|website=Gencourt.state.nh.us|accessdate=28 September 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/14662/mary-gile|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|website=Vote Smart|accessdate=28 September 2018}}