Biography

11/23/1945 - 08/29/2022

GILLESPIE, Patrick B., Sr., a Representative from Delaware County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 23, 1945; graduated, St. Thomas More Catholic Boys High School, 1963; attended, St. Joseph College of Industrial Relations; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1975 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1977 term; business manager, Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council (1982-2015); died, August 29, 2022 in Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, St. Denis Church Cemetery, Havertown, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.