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