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 – 2 June 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 born in Devon in 1863, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1875 or 1878. He was a farmer and a noted breeder of Leicester and Lincoln sheep. He was chairman of the Patea County Council for 13 years. He was a rugby player and mile runner. He died in Waitotara near Wanganui.[2][3]
He was the great-grandfather of a National Party Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.