Harry C. J. Phillips

Harry Phillips, , (born Subiaco, 2 February 1943 – 17 May 2026), was a leading political and civic education advocate and political commentator in Western Australia. He had extensive teaching and lecturing experience in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in political and civic education and has published widely in these fields, as well as sport, particularly tennis. Phillips's commitment to civics stems from his youth at Hyden Primary School, and his Alma Mater, Hale School.

Career Phillips was an honorary professor at Edith Cowan University and an adjunct professor at Curtin University in Western Australia. He was also a Parliamentary Fellow (Education) at the Parliament of Western Australia and was a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE). He held a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia and Curtin University and a Master of Arts and PhD in political science from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. He had a Teachers' Certificate from Graylands Teachers College and a Teachers' Higher Certificate from the Education Department of Western Australia.

Following more than 30 years as a lecturer at Edith Cowan University an inscription was placed in the University path of honour which reads:

In October 2013, Phillips was awarded the prestigious Australian College of Educators State Medal for Western Australia in recognition of an 'outstanding contribution to education'. Phillips was a member of advisory boards and committees including the Constitutional Centre of Western Australia, and Chair of the Constitutional Centre’s Civics and Citizenship Reference Group for Civic Education Agencies in Western Australia.