Robert Philp (1851-1922) was a Queensland businessman and politician who was Premier of Queensland from December 1899 to September 1903 and again from November 1907 to February 1908. Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Early life

Philp was born in Scotland, in 1851, the son of a Fife cotton mill owner, amd emigrated to Brisbane with his parents in 1862. He worked for a merchant shipping company from the time he left school until 1874, moving to Townsville to take up a position as a partner in the large trading company Burns Philp and Company (known as Burns, Philp). Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... The Kingdom of Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. ... Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... Brisbane by night Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Townsville in 2004. ...

The successful firm acted as agents and provisioners for the sugar cane and pastoral industries that sustained Northern Queensland, importing South Pacific Islanders (known as Kanakas) to work as indentured labourers on the canefields, as well as conducting extensive trade activities throughout Queensland and New Guinea. He also became an active and high-ranking Freemason. Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Titians The Pastoral Concert Pastoral refers to the lifestyle of shepherds. ... South Pacific is a musical play with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, which opened on Broadway on April 7, 1949. ... Haole, in the Hawaiian language, means foreign or foreigner; it can be used in reference to people, plants, and animals. ... American Square & Compasses Freemasonry is a worldwide fraternal organization. ...

When the business-friendly McIlwraith government lost office in 1883 it was succeeded by the Liberal government of Samuel Griffith that sought to end the trade in Kanakas. As a prominent businessman who had served several times on the local council Philp was active in bankrolling and supporting candidates in opposition to Griffith. He supported the growing movement for the separation of North Queensland from the rest of the colony on the basis that this would enable it to preserve its importation of Kanakas. Sir Thomas McIlwraith KCMG (1835-1900) was for many years the dominant figure of colonial politics in Queensland. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Samuel Griffith Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (June 21, 1845 - August 9, 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the principal author of the Constitution of Australia. ...

Early parliamentary career

Philp entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1886 as Member for Musgrave. He supported the North Queensland separatists in their unsuccessful attempts to gain independence, but spent most of his early parliamentary career preoccupied with his business affairs. His seat of Musgrave was abolished and in 1888 he was successfully returned as one of the two members for the electorate of Townsville. His parliamentary activity was mainly in support of North Queensland and his business interests - extending railway links to North Queensland, and the abolition of import tarriffs. When the import of Pacific islanders was temporarily halted in 1892 Philp was instrumental in securing its resumption. The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland, Australia. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

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Premier and opposition leader

Philp was a prolific speculator and in 1893 he was forced by debt to resign from the board of directors of Burns, Philp. In May of the same year McIlwraith, now governing in coalition with Griffith in what was known as the "Continuous Ministry", appointed Philp as Minister for Mines. He held several other ministerial posts, such as Railways, Public Works and Treasurer until 1899. when the Continuous Ministry was briefly unseated by the Labor government of Anderson Dawson. During this period the colony's economy went into slump and the government fell into significant debt. Philp codified mining regulations and encouraged the private development of railways throughout the colony. The railway construction process was alleged to be corrupt by the Labor members, and after narrowly winning a vote of confidence in November 1899 James Dickson resigned as Premier. Dawson's government lasted a week before losing Parliamentary support and Philp, despite his protestations in support of Dickson, was chosen as Premier by his colleagues. 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A minister can mean several things: A government minister is a politician who heads a government ministry A minister of religion is a member of the clergy A minister is the rank of diplomat directly below ambassador This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... In many governments, a treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury. ... Andrew Dawson (usually known as Anderson Dawson) (1863-1910), was Premier of Australia for one week in 1899, this was the first Labor Party government anywhere in the world. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Sir James Robert Dickson (30 November 1832 - 10 January 1901), Australian politician, was Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry. ...

The Australian colonies federated in 1901, despite Philp's opposition, and the new Prime Minister Edmund Barton immediately ended the trade in Kanakas. By this stage Queensland was severely depleted in revenue, and Federation exacerbated this situation by depriving Queensland of excise and customs funds. Despite a severe drought and the dire state of the state's finances, Philp was re-elected in 1902. Discontent brewed among Ministerialists who were bitter at missing out on Cabinet positions, and in August 1903 Digby Denham crossed the floor with supporters to bring down the government and form a coalition led by Arthur Morgan. The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federated on 1 January 1901, to form the Commonwealth of Australia, of which they became component states. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The current (25th) Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard (sitting, fifth from left), with his Cabinet, 1999 The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia. ... Rt Hon Edmund Barton Sir Edmund Barton (18 January 18 1849 – 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Digby Frank Denham (1859-1944) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from February 1911 to June 1915. ... In politics, crossing the floor is to vote against party lines. ... Sir Arthur Morgan (born 19 September 1856 in Warwick, Queensland; died 1916) was the Premier of Queensland, Australia from 1903 to 1906. ...

Philp, with his genial nature, was ill-suited to the position of Opposition Leader, and showed little enthusiasm in attacking the new government. Morgan briefly lost control of the Legislative Assembly in 1904 and Philp was called upon by Governor Sir Herbert Chermside to form a ministry, but could not secure sufficient support from among his colleagues. The end result was a dissolution of Parliament and a solid defeat of the Opposition. Philp resumed his position as Leader and his concilatory treatment of the government continued when fellow Scot William Kidston became Premier. Philp cultivated good relations with Kidston and helped foster the increasing gap between Kidston and the Labor movement. The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest opposition party in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... List of Governors of Queensland See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... Major-General Sir Herbert Chermside was the Governor of the Australian State of Queensland for the brief period from 1902 to 1904. ... William Kidston (1849-1919) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from January 1906 to November 1907 and again from February 1908 to February 1911. ...

Philp's party was again unsuccessful in the elections of 1907. Kidston was encountering difficulties in securing the passage of his legislation through the intransigent Legislative Council and after Lord Chelmsford as Governor refused Kidston's request to appoint sufficient new councillors so as to give Kidston a majority, he resigned in November. Lord Chelmsford commissioned Philp as Premier, but, unable to entice any of Kidston's supporters to his cause, he remained without a majority in the Legislative Assembly, which promptly blocked supply. Over Kidston's protests, Lord Chelmsford guaranteed supply through the issuing of writs and then dissolved the Assembly, but Philp failed to win the subsequent election. 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition in 1922. ... Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (12 August 1868 - 1 April 1933) was a British statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... Loss of Supply occurs where a government in a parliamentary democracy is by parliamentary vote denied a supply of treasury or exchequer funds, by whichever house or houses of parliament is constitutionally entitled to grant and deny supply. ...

In 1908 Kidston, alienated from the Labor party, relied on Philp's support to pass legislation approving construction of private railways. By October the two leaders had sufficient in common that they negotiated a merger of their two parties, ending Philp's career as Opposition Leader. 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...

Subsequent career

Philp remained in parliament, and also returned to tending his business interests. He enjoyed the status that his long parliamentary career gave him and participated in the foundation of the University of Queensland in 1912. He was unseated by the Labor landslide of 1915 but remained active in politics, campaigning for the conscription referenda of the First World War and leading the resistance to the abolition of the Legislative Council in 1921. He worked to undermine the Labor government of Ted Theodore by travelling to London to thwart Theodore's attempts at gaining loans from London financiers to fund government expenditure. On 17 June 1922 he died. The University of Queensland The University of Queensland (UQ) (motto: Scientia ac Labore - through knowledge and hard work) has its main campus in Brisbane, Queensland, specifically in the suburb of St Lucia. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Hon Ted Theodore Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 - 28 February 1950), Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of a Romanian immigrant called Basil Teodorescu. ... St. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Further reading

• Bolton, G C. Robert Philp: Capitalist as Politician. In Murphy D, Joyce R, Cribb M, and Wear, R (Ed.), The Premiers of Queensland pp. 1-29. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0-7022-3173-8.

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