Pharez Phillips
Pharez Phillips was an Australian businessman and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1906, representing the Victorian seat of Wimmera. He had earlier served in the Victorian Legislative Council from 1896 to 1901.
Biography
Phillips was born on 22 November 1855 in Mount Blackwood, Victoria. He was of Jewish background.Phillips was educated at Grenville College in Ballarat before becoming a shopkeeper, farmer, and St Arnaud Town Councillor where he was three times president. He was a notable community leader in the Wimmera area. In 1896, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council 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 Australian House of Representatives seat of Wimmera for the Protectionist Party. He held the seat until his retirement in 1906. Phillips died in 1914 in Ayr, Scotland.