George Pearce (other)
Sir George Pearce (1870–1952) was a Western Australian politician. George Pearce may also refer to: * George Pearce (Jamaican cricketer) (born 1864), Jamaican cricketer * George Pearce (English cricketer) (1908–1986), English cricketer who played for Sussex * George Pearce (New Zealand politician) (1863–1935), New Zealand politician * George Pearce (Queensland politician) (1917–1992), MHR for Capricornia * George Pearce (South Australian politician) (1826–1908), MHA for East Torrens * George Pearce (actor) (1865–1940), American actor * George Hamilton Pearce George Hamilton Pearce (January 9, 1921 – August 30, 2015) was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apia, Samoa, and the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji.

George Pearce
Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO (14 January 1870 – 24 June 1952) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938. He began his career in the Labor Party but later joined the National Labor Party, the Nationalist Party, and the United Australia Party; he served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers from all four parties. Pearce was born in Mount Barker, South Australia. He left school at the age of 11 and trained as a carpenter, later moving to Western Australia and becoming involved in the union movement. He helped establish the Labor Party there, and in 1901 – aged 31 – was elected to the new federal parliament. Pearce was elevated to cabinet in 1908, under Andrew Fisher, and served in each of Fisher's three governments. He continued on in cabinet when Billy Hughes became prime minister in 1915, and after the Labor Party split of 1916 followed Hughes to the National Labor Party and then to the Nationalists. Pearce also ...
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George Pearce (Jamaican Cricketer)
George Pearce (born 1864, date of death unknown) was a Jamaican cricketer. He played in one first-class match for the Jamaican cricket team in 1894/95. See also * List of Jamaican representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for the Jamaica national cricket team in the West Indies. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervenin ... References External links * 1864 births Year of death missing Jamaican cricketers Jamaica cricketers Cricketers from Kingston, Jamaica 19th-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-cricket-bio-stub ...
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George Pearce (English Cricketer)
George Smart Pearce (27 October 1908 – 16 June 1986) was an English cricketer active from 1928 to 1936 who played for Sussex. He was born died in Horsham. He appeared in 54 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace. He scored 1,295 runs with a highest score of 80 and took 89 wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...s with a best performance of five for 34. Notes 1908 births 1986 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ...
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George Pearce (New Zealand Politician)
George Vater Pearce (1863 – 2 June 1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party. He represented the Patea electorate in Parliament from 1908 to 1919, when he was defeated. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. He was born in Devon in 1863, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1875 or 1878. He was a farmer and a noted breeder of Leicester and Lincoln sheep. He was chairman of the Patea County Council for 13 years. He was a rugby player and mile runner. He died in Waitotara near Wanganui. He was the great-grandfather of a National Party Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson Ruth Margaret Richardson (born 13 December 1950) is a New Zealand retired politician of the National Party who served as Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1993. Her 1991 budget, which she dubbed the "Mother of all Budgets", formed the catalyst .... External links * * References * 1863 births 1935 deaths Reform Party (New Zealand) MPs Members of the New Ze ...
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George Pearce (Queensland Politician)
Henry George Pearce (17 September 1917 – 23 May 1992) was an Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1961, representing the Division of Capricornia for the Liberal Party. Early life Pearce was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, and attended Rockhampton State High School. He married Nell Graham in 1939, with whom he had two sons, Greg and Laurie. After leaving school, Pearce worked as the manager of a sports store for a period. He was rejected for military service as medically unfit, but during the war worked for the Australian Red Cross as secretary of the local branch and area officer for Central Queensland. At the time of his election to parliament in 1949, he was working as a sales representative for a printing house. Politics At the 1946 federal election, Pearce served on the campaign committee of Charles Davidson, who defeated former prime minister Frank Forde in the Division of Capricornia. Prior to the 1949 election, Davidso ...
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George Pearce (South Australian Politician)
George Pearce (1 August 1826 – 9 June 1908) was a sheep farmer and politician in the British colony of South Australia. George Pearce was aged 21 when he emigrated in 1848 from Cornwall to South Australia on the ''Samuel Boddington'', with several other members of his family. He was 23 when he married Mary Ann Pearce at Blakiston, South Australia, Blakiston in 1850. He first lived in Burra, South Australia, Burra but in 1852 he joined the rush to the Victoria (Australia), Victorian gold diggings. After a year or two he returned to Adelaide, and in 1855 started sheep farming at Point Sturt. He also ran farms at Crystal Brook, South Australia, Crystal Brook and Calca, South Australia, Calca. He lived at Port Elliot, South Australia, Port Elliot for his last 14 or 15 years, where he was an active member of the Church of Christ. He was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Electoral district of East Torrens, East Torrens and served from May 1868 to March 187 ...
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George Pearce (actor)
George C. Pearce (June 26, 1865 – August 13, 1940) was an American stage and film actor, primarily of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1939. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was also known as George C. Pierce. Pearce also acted on stage, including portraying a doctor in ''White Cargo'' in Los Angeles in 1927. On Broadway, he acted in ''The Rainbow'' (1912), ''Billy'' (1909), ''The Mimic World'' (1908), ''D'Arcy of the Guards'' (1901), ''Manon Lescaut'' (1901), ''Brother Officers'' (1900), and ''Lord and Lady Algy'' (1899). Pearce was a member of the Players Club in New York City. Pearce died on August 12, 1940, at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles following a two-week illness, aged 75. Selected filmography *''Let Katie Do It'' (1916) *'' Daphne and the Pirate'' (1916) *''The Little School Ma'am'' (1916) *''A Jewel in Pawn'' (1917) * ''A Wife on Trial'' (1917) *''Treason'' (1917) *''Bec ...
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George Hamilton Pearce
George Hamilton Pearce (January 9, 1921 – August 30, 2015) was the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Apia, Samoa, and the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva, Fiji.Profile
catholic-hierarchy.org; accessed August 30, 2015. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, his education included Saint Columbkille's Elementary School in , Maryvale Preparatory Seminary in , and ...
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George Pearse (other)
George Pearse may refer to: *George Pearse, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1833 *George Pearse, auto racer in the 1947 Australian Grand Prix See also *George Pearce (other) Sir George Pearce (1870–1952) was a Western Australian politician. George Pearce may also refer to: * George Pearce (Jamaican cricketer) (born 1864), Jamaican cricketer * George Pearce (English cricketer) (1908–1986), English cricketer who pl ... * George Peirce (other) * George Pierce (other) {{hndis, Pearse, George ...
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George Pierce (other)
George Pierce may refer to: * George Pierce (backstage doorman), American backstage doorman * George Pierce (baseball) (1888–1935), American baseball player * George E. Pierce, United States Navy submarine commander * George Edmond Pierce (1794–1871), American minister and president of Western Reserve University * George Foster Pierce (1811–1884), American Methodist bishop and college president * George H. Pierce (1872–1967), New York politician * George T. Pierce (c. 1823–1874), New York politician * G. W. Pierce (George Washington Pierce, 1872–1956), American physicist * USS ''George F. Pierce'' See also * George Peirce (other) * George Pearce (other) * George Pearse (other) George Pearse may refer to: *George Pearse, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1833 *George Pearse, auto racer in the 1947 Australian Grand Prix See also *George Pearce (other) Sir George Pearce (1870–1952) was a Western Australian politic ...