Peter Philips (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician (1927-2009)
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About Peter Philips (politician)
- Peter Sydney Maitland Philips AM (12 May 1927 – 11 May 2009) was an Australian 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.
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