Donald M. Phillips

Donald McGray Phillips (August 24, 1929 – October 5, 2016) was a Canadian politician who represented the constituency of South Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1969 and from 1972 to 1986. Part of the Social Credit Party caucus, he held various cabinet posts under Premier Bill Bennett.

Biography Originally a car dealer in Dawson Creek, He did not contest the 1969 election, and Donald Albert Marshall won the riding as a Socred. With Marshall switching to the Progressive Conservatives in 1972, Phillips returned as the riding's Socred candidate for that August's election, and defeated Marshall by 21 votes to re-enter the legislature.

He kept his cabinet role following his re-election in 1979, He then worked for a while as a lobbyist before retiring to Australia, the home country of his wife Joan. He lived on the Gold Coast in his later years, and died on October 5, 2016, at the age of 87.