Tom McGillvray is a member of the Republican Party and represents District 23 in the Montana State Senate. He assumed office on January 4, 2021, and his current term ends on January 6, 2025. McGillvray ran for election to the Montana State Senate to represent District 23 and won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Born in Helena, Montana, McGillvray earned a B.S. in agriculture from Montana State University at Bozeman in 1980. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial.
In 2023, he served as a Majority whip and as chair of Committee on Committees, and Public Health. He also served as Vice Chair of Section D of Finance and Claims Committee and as a member of Senate Rules committee.
McGillvray was born a 5th generation Montanan in Helena on May 22, 1957. His great-great-grandfather came to Gold Creek Montana (Washington territory at the time) in October of 1862 prospecting for Gold and supplying water to placer miners. Tom and his wife Margaret have been married for 47 years and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Tom attended a small country school in Garrison and then Deer Lodge Montana and graduated with a BS in Agriculture in 1980 from Montana State University-Bozeman. Recently “retired” he served as a financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial for 27 years.
