He was also a Broadsound Shire councillor and served as a Corporal in the Vietnam War.
A backbencher throughout his 20 years in state politics, he was Secretary of the Parliamentary Labor Party from 1998 to 2001 and Chair of the Select Committee on Travel Safe from 2001 to 2008.
[4] During his last term of parliament, Pearce took several months leave to receive treatment for depression.
[7] After the election he became the Chair of the Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources Committee.
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