William Pearson (British politician)

William George Pearson (1882 – 4 October 1963) was a British politician, Conservative MP for Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency).[1]

He was Mayor of Jarrow from 1928 to 1930.[2]

Pearson contested the parliamentary seat of Houghton-le-Spring in 1929.[3] He was elected in the National Government landslide of 1931 for Jarrow, but narrowly lost his seat to Ellen Wilkinson in the limited Labour recovery of 1935.

  1. ^ "Mr William Pearson (Hansard)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1932. London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. 1932. p. 172.
  3. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (1st ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 344. ISBN 9780900178016.