Pharez Phillips (22 November 1855 – 9 August 1914) was an Australian politician.

Biography

Born in

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, he was educated at Grenville College in

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before becoming a shopkeeper, farmer, and St Arnaud Town Councillor where he was three times president. He was a notable community leader in the

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area. In 1896, he was elected to the

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for North Western Province, and was made an Honorary Minister in 1900. He resigned this position in 1901 in order to contest the first federal election, winning the

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seat of

for the

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. He held the seat until his retirement in 1906. Phillips died in 1914 in Ayr, Scotland.

References

1855 births 1914 deaths Protectionist Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Wimmera Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub