Peter Philips (politician)
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Peter Sydney Maitland Philips AM
(12 May 1927 – 11 May 2009) was an Australia
n politician. He was a Liberal
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
from 1976 to 1988.
Philips was born in Bellevue Hill
. He was educated at Barker College in Hornsby
from 1939 to 1944. He served in the AIF
from 1945 to 1946, and later worked as a solicitor. He was a director of Macquarie Equities and Marlar International, and founded Merchant Bank and Philips First City Brandt, which later became Citinational. Active in the Liberal Party
, Philips was a president of the electoral councils for the federal seat of Bradfield
and the state seat of Hornsby
.
In 1976, Philips was appointed as a Liberal member to the New South Wales Legislative Council
. He was divorced from his first wife on 26 April 1979, and married his second wife Helen Larcombe in December 1980. Philips served in the Council until his retirement in 1988. He was Chairman of the Odyssey House McGrath Foundation from 1989 to 2000. Philips died in 2009 in Sydney
.
Order of Australia
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(12 May 1927 – 11 May 2009) was an Australia
Australia
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n politician. He was a Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
from 1976 to 1988.
Philips was born in Bellevue Hill
Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
Bellevue Hill is an eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bellevue Hill is an affluent suburb, located 5 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra....
. He was educated at Barker College in Hornsby
Hornsby, New South Wales
* Highest Maximum Temperature: 42 °C* Lowest Maximum Temperature: 4.9 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: July-Notable residents:...
from 1939 to 1944. He served in the AIF
Australian Imperial Force
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from 1945 to 1946, and later worked as a solicitor. He was a director of Macquarie Equities and Marlar International, and founded Merchant Bank and Philips First City Brandt, which later became Citinational. Active in the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
, Philips was a president of the electoral councils for the federal seat of Bradfield
Division of Bradfield
The Division of Bradfield is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Dr John Bradfield, the designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It is located in the upper North Shore, and includes the suburbs of Chatswood, Killara, St Ives and...
and the state seat of Hornsby
Electoral district of Hornsby
Hornsby is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Hornsby is one of two post-1927 electorates to have never been held by the Labor party and always by the Liberals, a predecessor party to the Liberals, or an independent, the other such district...
.
In 1976, Philips was appointed as a Liberal member to the New South Wales Legislative Council
New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of New South Wales in Australia. The other is the Legislative Assembly. Both sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is referred to as the lower house and the Council as...
. He was divorced from his first wife on 26 April 1979, and married his second wife Helen Larcombe in December 1980. Philips served in the Council until his retirement in 1988. He was Chairman of the Odyssey House McGrath Foundation from 1989 to 2000. Philips died in 2009 in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
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