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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
New Zealand politician
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Male
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Birth:
1835
Death:
15 June 1886
The details
Biography
| New Zealand Parliament | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1884–1885 | 9th | Bruce | Independent | |
Robert Gillies (1835 – 15 June 1886) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Otago region, New Zealand.
He failed to win the Bruce electorate at the 1883 by-election, but won the seat at the general 1884 election.
However he resigned in 1885 for failing health, which caused the 1885 Bruce by-election.
He died on 15 June 1886 from an aneurysm of the heart. He was the brother of Thomas Gillies and John Lillie Gillies, and the father of surgeon Harold Gillies.