Arthur Pearson CBE (31 January 1897 – 14 October 1980) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
[1] Pearson was a member of the Pontypridd Urban District Council from 1926 until 1938, representing the Trallwn ward.
[1] In 1928 he was elected as a member of Glamorgan County Council for the Cilfynydd ward, defeating long-serving Liberal Alderman William Roberts Davies, who had been a member since 1898.
Following the death of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontypridd, David Lewis Davies in 1937, Pearson was selected as the new Labour candidate, narrowly defeating local miners' agent W.H.
Following his victory at the 1938 by-election, and served until his retirement at the 1970 general election.