Pharez Phillips
Pharez Phillips | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wimmera | |
| In office 29 March 1901 – 8 November 1906 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Sydney Sampson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1855 Mount Blackwood, Victoria |
| Died | 9 August 1914 (aged 58) Ayr, Scotland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Protectionist Party |
| Occupation | Farmer |
Pharez Phillips (22 November 1855 – 9 August 1914) was an Australian politician.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born in Mount Blackwood, he was educated at Grenville College in Ballarat before becoming a shopkeeper, farmer, and St Arnaud Town Councillor where he was three times president.[1] He was a notable community leader in the Wimmera area. In 1896, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for North Western Province,[1] and was made an Honorary Minister in 1900. He resigned this position in 1901 in order to contest the first federal election, winning the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wimmera for the Protectionist Party.[2] He held the seat until his retirement in 1906. Phillips died in 1914 in Ayr, Scotland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Pharez Phillips". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ Carr, Adam. "1901 legislative election: House of Representatives, Victoria". Psephos. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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