Philp, Robert
Personal
Birth Date:
28 December 1851 (Glasgow)
Death Date:
17 June 1922 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
John Philp and Mary Ann (nee Wylie)
Family:
(2) Wilhelmina Fraser Munro on 20 April 1898 at Brisbane, (1) Jessie Bannister Campbell on 1 February 1878, at Brisbane, 3 sons, 5 daughters
Education:
Anderston Presbyterian School, Glasgow; Brisbane National School
Religion:
Presbyterian
Career
Clerk, land agent, 1863; Clerk, G. Burns & Co. Townsville, 1875
Local Government Service:
Alderman, Townsville Municipal Council
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | MIN | Musgrave | 5 Jan 1886 | 9 May 1888 | |
Assembly | MIN | Townsville | 12 May 1888 | 26 Aug 1904 | |
Assembly | OPP | Townsville | 27 Aug 1904 | 4 Feb 1908 | |
Assembly | MIN | Townsville | 5 Feb 1908 | 22 May 1915 |
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Premier, Chief Secretary and Treasurer | 19 Nov 1907 | 18 Feb 1908 |
Premier, Chief Secretary, Secretary for Mines and Home Secretary | 8 Apr 1903 | 17 Sep 1903 |
Premier, Chief Secretary and Secretary for Mines | 1 Feb 1901 | 8 Apr 1903 |
Premier, Treasurer and Chief Secretary for Mines | 7 Dec 1899 | 1 Feb 1901 |
Treasurer and Secretary for Mines | 2 Mar 1898 | 1 Dec 1899 |
Secretary for Mines | 25 Feb 1897 | 2 Mar 1898 |
Secretary for Mines and Railways | 6 May 1896 | 25 Feb 1897 |
Secretary for Public Works and Railways | 29 Mar 1895 | 6 May 1896 |
Secretary for Mines, Public Works and Public Instruction | 23 Aug 1894 | 29 Mar 1895 |
Secretary for Mines and Public Works | 25 May 1893 | 23 Aug 1894 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Member, Queensland Club; He argued strongly for northern separation in the mid-1880s: He endorsed Federation in the 1890s; He was keen to encourage the mining industry to help economic recovery in the later 1890s
Sources:
Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 198002; Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001); Hughes, Colin A and BD Graham, Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1890-1964, (Canberra: ANU, Department of Political Science, 1974)
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