Percy Pease

Percy Pease (29 July 1876 – 17 September 1940) was a businessman and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

He found employment with Burns Philp and Samuel Allen & Sons in Townsville before working for Chillagoe Pty Co. as a forwarding manager in Mareeba.

He then worked for the auctioneering and mercantile firm John Cairns & Co. where he presided over Chillagoe's first sale of township lots in November 1900.

[5] Pease was an alderman on the Cairns City Council in 1916 before winning the 1920 by-election for the seat of Herbert in the Queensland Legislative Assembly following the resignation of William Lennon to become the Lieutenant-Governor.

He is commemorated by a tablet set in rockface on the highest point of Kirrama Range Road.