Pharez Phillips (22 November 1855 – 9 August 1914) was an Australian businessman and politician.

Phillips was born on 22 November 1855 in Mount Blackwood, Victoria.

[3] Phillips was educated at Grenville College in Ballarat before becoming a shopkeeper, farmer, and St Arnaud Town Councillor where he was three times president.

In 1896, he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for North Western Province,[1] and was made an Honorary Minister in 1900.

He resigned this position in 1901 in order to contest the first federal election, winning the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wimmera for the Protectionist Party.