Philip Joseph Turvey (28 June 1875 – 27 October 1955) was an Australian educator and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1911 to 1914, representing the seat of Swan. Turvey was born in

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, to Bridget (née Roach) and John Turvey. He moved to Western Australia in 1898 and began working for the Education Department as a country schoolteacher, at various points teaching in Northam, Greenbushes, Narrogin, and Mundaring. Turvey served on the Northam Town Council in 1906, and was also a vice-president of the State School Teachers Union.Philip Joseph Turvey
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 5 January 2017. He entered parliament at the 1911 state election, standing for the Labor Party in Swan and defeating

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(a former

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). Turvey lost his seat to William Nairn of the

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at the 1914 election. He subsequently returned to teaching, working at Scotch College from 1915 to 1919. He later served as the commercial master at

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from 1923 to 1940. Turvey died in Perth in October 1955, aged 80. He had married Annie Draffin in 1900, with whom he had three children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turvey, Philip 1875 births 1955 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Australian schoolteachers Australian trade unionists Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly People from Victoria (Australia) Western Australian local councillors 20th-century Australian politicians