▁– ▁August ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 ), ▁generally ▁known ▁as ▁Bill ▁Gill is , ▁was ▁a ▁Canadian ▁politician ▁who ▁served ▁in ▁the ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁House ▁of ▁Assembly ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁to ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁He ▁represented ▁the ▁elect oral ▁district ▁of ▁Ant ig on ish ▁for ▁the ▁Liber als . ▁ ▁Born ▁in ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts , ▁his ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Ant ig on ish ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁six ▁weeks ▁old . ▁Gill is ▁was ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁St . ▁Francis ▁X avier ▁University , ▁and ▁held ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁ge ology ▁from ▁Pennsylvania ▁State ▁University . ▁Gill is ▁was ▁employed ▁as ▁a ▁ge ologist ▁with ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Department ▁of ▁Energy , ▁M ines ▁and ▁Resources ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 7 . ▁He ▁taught ▁ge ology ▁at ▁St . ▁Francis ▁X avier ▁University ▁in ▁Ant ig on ish , ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁Gill is ▁died ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁brain ▁cancer . ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁Gill is ▁first ▁attempted ▁to ▁enter ▁provincial ▁politics ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁election , ▁but ▁lost ▁to ▁Progress ive ▁Conserv ative ▁William ▁F . ▁Mac K inn on ▁by ▁ 2 6 ▁votes . ▁He ▁ran ▁again ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁election ▁and ▁defeated ▁Progress ive