Aurélien Gill, CQ (born August 26, 1933) was a Canadian Senator from his appointment in 1998 until his retirement in 2008.

Born in Mashteuiatsh, the only Native community in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec, ^[1], Gill received a bachelor's degree in pedagogy from Université Laval.

An Aboriginal businessman and advocate, Gill also has a background as a teacher and government administrator having been Quebec Director-General of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. He was founding president of the Conseil Attikamek-Montagnais and chief of the Mashteuiatsh Montagnais community from 1975 to 1982 and from 1987 to 1989.

Gill was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 1991. He was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on September 17, 1998. He sat as a Liberal representing the Quebec senatorial district of Wellington. He retired from the Senate on his 75th birthday on August 26, 2008.

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