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George Pearce (New Zealand politician)

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New Zealand Parliament
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

  1. ^ "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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)