James Phillips Wilson

James Phillips Wilson (5 October 1853 – 6 July 1925) was a politician in South Australia.

He became prominent in the trade union movement and was elected to the Legislative Council at the 1906 election, succeeding Joseph Vardon as representative of the Central district, a position he retained for 13 years.

He was given the portfolio of Minister of Agriculture and Industry in the Verran Labor government,[1] and did much to further mining in the State.

Following several protracted bouts of serious illness around late 1913 and early 1914, the Labor caucus pulled him as their party's representative on the Railways Standing Committee (which paid higher fees than any other committee) in favor of James Jelley.

[4] He later joined the National Party in the wake of the 1917 Labor split, and contested and lost the 1918 election on their behalf.