Michael Thomas Phillips (c. 1851 – 22 February 1905) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to innkeeper Patrick Phillips and Sarah Walsh. He was a solicitor, working at

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(1877–85) and

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(1885–1905). Around 1880 he married Elizabeth Agnes Finn at

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; they had nine children. In 1896 he was elected in a by-election to the

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as the

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member for

, but he retired at the next election in 1898. Phillips died at Cowra in 1905.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Michael 1850s births 1905 deaths Lawyers from the Colony of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians