| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable, Dr. |
| Mavis Gwendolyn Gilmour-Petersen | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | OJ CD |
| Office: | Minister of Social Security and Consumer Affairs |
| Governor General: | Sir Florizel Glasspole |
| Primeminister: | Edward Seaga |
| Term Start: | 1986 |
| Term End: | 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Neville Gallimore |
| Successor: | Portia Simpson-Miller |
| Primeminister1: | Edward Seaga |
| Office1: | Minister of Education |
| Term Start1: | 1980 |
| Term End1: | 1986 |
| Predecessor1: | Phyllis MacPherson-Russell |
| Successor1: | Neville Gallimore |
| Birth Name: | Mavis Gwendolyn Gilmour |
| Birth Date: | 13 April 1926 |
| Birth Place: | St. Elizabeth, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
| Party: | Jamaica Labour Party |
| Alma Mater: | Howard University |
| Awards: | Order of Jamaica (2009) |
Mavis Gwendolyn Gilmour-Petersen, OJ, CD (born 13 April 1926) is a Jamaican medical practitioner and politician, representing the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). She served as minister of education from 1980 to 1986.
Gilmour-Petersen was born on 13 April 1926, in St Elizabeth. She is the daughter of Isaac and Adelaide Holness. Gilmour-Petersen attended Blake's Tutorial College; Howard University in Washington, D.C., and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]
Gilmour-Petersen graduated from Howard University College of Medicine in 1951. She then served at a number of hospitals in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. In 1959 she embarked on her Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh. Upon completion, she was appointed Consultant Surgeon at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) and become the first woman surgeon in the Caribbean, serving the KPH from 1960 to 1976.[2] [3]
Gilmour-Petersen entered elective politics in 1976 and won the St. Andrew West Rural constituency which she held until 1989. As a member of Edward Seaga's Cabinet, she served as minister of education from 1980 to 1986 when she was replaced by Neville Gallimore. She then served as minister of social security and consumer affairs from 1986 to 1989.[1]