Philip Fysh

Sir Philip Fysh
Postmaster-General of Australia
In office
10 August 1903 – 27 April 1904
Prime MinisterEdmund Barton
Alfred Deakin
Preceded byJames Drake
Succeeded byHugh Mahon
Premier of Tasmania
In office
29 March 1887 – 17 August 1892
GovernorRobert Hamilton
Preceded byJames Agnew
Succeeded byHenry Dobson
In office
9 August 1877 – 5 March 1878
GovernorFrederick Weld
Preceded byThomas Reibey
Succeeded byWilliam Giblin
Personal details
Born
Philip Oakley Fysh

(1835-03-01)1 March 1835
Highbury, London, England
Died20 December 1919(1919-12-20) (aged 84)
Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia
Political partyProtectionist (to 1909)
Fusion (from 1909)
Spouse
Esther Willis
(m. 1856⁠–⁠1912)
RelationsWilliam Willis (brother-in-law)
OccupationMerchant

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).