About George Pearce
Lived 1863 – 1935 (aged 71–72). George Pearce was a New Zealand politician and farmer.
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.
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.
He was the great-grandfather of a National Party Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
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Who was George Pearce?
New Zealand politician
When was George Pearce born?
George Pearce was born in 1863.
When did George Pearce die?
George Pearce died in 1935.
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George Pearce was a politician and farmer.
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George Pearce was New Zealand.
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· DBpedia: George Pearce (New Zealand politician)
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