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Philp, Robert, M.L.A. for Townsville, Queensland, was born in Scotland, and is a member of the extensive mercantile firm of Burns, Philp & Co., Ld., which he established in conjunction with Mr. James Burns. He was elected a member for the new electorate of Musgrave in Jan. 1886, and in 1888 for Townsville.
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