George Pearce (New Zealand politician)
Appearance
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1908–1909 | 17th | Patea | Independent | ||
1909–1911 | Changed allegiance to: | Reform | |||
1911–1914 | 18th | Patea | Reform | ||
1914–1919 | 19th | Patea | Reform |
George Vater Pearce (1863–1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
He represented the Patea electorate in Parliament from 1908 to 1919, when he was defeated. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[1]
He was the great-grandfather of a National Party Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
References
- ^ "Official jubilee medals". Evening Post. Vol. CXIX, no. 105. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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