George Pearce (New Zealand politician)

George Vater Pearce (1863 – 2 June 1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

He was a farmer and a noted breeder of Leicester and Lincoln sheep.

He was chairman of the Patea County Council for 13 years.

[2][3] He was the great-grandfather of a National Party Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.