Philip Fysh
Australian politician
Died when: 84 years 294 days (1017 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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Sir Philip Oakley Fysh KCMG (1 March 1835 – 20 December 1919) was an English-born Australian politician.He arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and became a leading merchant in Hobart.
He served two terms as premier of Tasmania (1877–1878, 1887–1892) and became a leader of the colony's federation movement.He subsequently won election to the new federal House of Representatives (1901–1910) and was invited to represent Tasmania in the first federal ministry, serving as minister without portfolio (1901–1903) and Postmaster-General (1903–1904).
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