Albert DeBurgo "Burke" McPhillips (18 January 1904 – 11 March 1971) was a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
politician. McPhillips was a
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
. He was a barrister and solicitor by career.
Early years
McPhillips was born in
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...
. He was the youngest son of the Hon. Mr. Justice
Albert Edward McPhillips
Albert Edward McPhillips (21 March 1861 – 24 January 1938) was a Canadian politician and a barrister.
Early years
He was the son of George McPhillips (born Co. Monaghan, 1805–1878) and Margaret Lavin (born Co. Armagh), both of whom were ...
and Sophia Emily Davie, daughter of the late Hon.
A.E.B. Davie
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, QC, referred to as A. E. B. Davie (November 24, 1847 – August 1, 1889), was the eighth premier of British Columbia. He served in office from 1887 until his death in 1889.
Called to the bar in 1873, he was the f ...
,
Q.C.
QC may refer to:
* Queen's Counsel, the title of a King's Counsel, a type of lawyer in Commonwealth countries, during the reign of a queen
* Quality control, the process of meeting products and services to consumer expectations
Places
* Quebec, ...
Military service
McPhillips served in the
Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...
as Captain with The
Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles of Canada from 1940 to 1946.
Political career
McPhillips was a candidate for the British Columbia Conservative Party in the Vancouver Centre (
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
,
1941
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...
provincial elections) and Victoria City (
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
).
He was first elected at the
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
riding in
the
1957 general election and was re-elected twice, in the
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
and
1962 federal elections. McPhillips served as Parliamentary Secretary to the
Minister of Fisheries from August 1962 to February 1963. His cousin,
Davie Fulton
Edmund Davie Fulton, (March 10, 1916 – May 22, 2000) was a Canadian Rhodes Scholar, politician and judge. He was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of politician/lawyer Frederick John Fulton and Winnifred M. Davie, daughter of ...
, was Minister of Public Works around this time.
After completing his third term, the
25th Canadian Parliament
The 25th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 27, 1962, until February 6, 1963. The membership was set by the 1962 federal election on June 18, 1962, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was diss ...
, McPhillips left federal political office and was appointed to the Tariff Board of Canada.
He died suddenly at Ottawa on 11 March 1971. He was survived by his wife and two children.
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1904 births
1971 deaths
Canadian people of English descent
Canadian people of Irish descent
Lawyers in British Columbia
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
20th-century Canadian lawyers