Ernest Phillipson
Ernest Phillipson | |
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| File:Ernest Phillipson.jpg | |
| Mayor of Walkerville | |
| In office 4 July 1964 – 2 July 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Lance Milne |
| Succeeded by | Leonard Ewens |
| Alderman of the Walkerville Council | |
| In office 22 June 1962 – 6 July 1974 | |
| Constituency | Medindie |
| Alderman of the St. Peters Council | |
| In office 24 September 1954 – 7 July 1962 | |
| Constituency | Stepney |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernest Charles Phillipson 31 August 1911 Parkside, South Australia |
| Died | 22 September 2001 (aged 90) North Adelaide, South Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Powell (m.1940; his death 2001) |
Captain Ernest Charles Phillipson (31 August 1911 – 22 September 2001)[1][2] was a council-level politician in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia for just under 20 years.[3]
Phillipson was born in August 1911 to Ernest Phillipson and Adelaide Constance Phillipson (nee Connor), who were both immigrants to South Australia.[4] He served in the Australian military from 1938 to and married Kathleen Mary Powell (3 April 1916 – 7 May 2008[5]) on 4 July 1940.[6] During his early life, Phillipson was a farmer. Before and after the War, he was the Manager of the Airways Department at S.S. Coy Ltd., Adelaide.
In 1954, Phillipson was elected to the Council of the Town of St. Peters (in the modern day the City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters) for the Stepney ward.[7] After serving on the council for 8 years, he announced he would resign his position at the upcoming elections in 1962. He was elected to the Walkerville Council while his term as a councillor at the Town of St. Peters was de facto still active.[8] In the Walkerville Council elections of June 1962, Phillipson was elected as an Alderman for the Medindie Ward. Phillipson was a member of most of the council committees and the chairman of many. In the next bi-annual elections, he was elected to the vacant office of Mayor, replacing Lance Milne, who later became involved in South Australian politics at the state level.[9][10] He resigned after only one term as mayor in 1966 and was re-elected to the Medindie Ward in 1966, 1968, 1970 and 1972 before he retired from the council at age 63 in April 1974.[11]
After his retirement he was appointed by the Governor of South Australia to the Forestry Board of South Australia in 1975. His term was renewed in 1978 and expired on 31 December 1982.[12][13][14] Phillipson died at his home in North Adelaide in September 2001 and was buried at Saint Judes Cemetery in Brighton in the Western Suburbs.
References[edit]
- ↑ FindAGrave Index: Ernest Charles Phillipson
- ↑ Australian War Memorial - Studio portrait of SX3289 Lieutenant Ernest Charles Phillipson, from Glenelg, South Australia who ...
- ↑ Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
- ↑ Genealogy SA: Phillipson, Ernest Charles
- ↑ Savill Death Tributes Index - Phillipson, Kathleen Mary
- ↑ National Archives of Australia: B883, SX3289
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 17 May 1956
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 28 June 1962
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 20 May 1965
- ↑ Parliament of South Australia - Former Members
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 11 April 1974
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 26 June 1975
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 29 June 1978
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 13 December 1979
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