She has been a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election, representing King.
Pearce grew up in the southern Flinders Ranges in the Mid North of South Australia, has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide, and is married with two children.
Rhiannon Kate Pearce grew up in Telowie in the southern Flinders Ranges of the state's Mid North.
She defeated the incumbent Liberal Party member Paula Luethen, who had held the seat since 2018 and only enjoyed a slim margin of 0.6 per cent.
[4] On 24 March 2022, Pearce was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Premier, Susan Close, in the new Malinauskas ministry.