# Rex Pearson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rex_Pearson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rex_Pearson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Pearson > Source revision: 1348295984 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Rex Pearson | honorific_suffix = | image = | title = [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) | term_start = 28 April 1951 | term_end = 11 September 1961 | successor = [Gordon Davidson](/source/Gordon_Davidson_(politician)) | office2 = Member for [Flinders](/source/Electoral_district_of_Flinders) | term_start2 = 1941 | term_end2 = 1951 | predecessor2 = [Edward Craigie](/source/Edward_Craigie) | successor2 = [Glen Pearson](/source/Glen_Pearson_(Australian_politician)) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|1|13}} | birth_place = [Kadina](/source/Kadina%2C_South_Australia), [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1961|9|11|1905|1|13}} | death_place = [Woodville, South Australia](/source/Woodville%2C_South_Australia) | spouse = Laurel Hooper (married 1929) | party = [Liberal and Country League](/source/Liberal_and_Country_League) and [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) | parents = Thomas William Pearson and his wife Julia Adams, née Rowe | relations = {{plainlist| * Brother [Glen Pearson](/source/Glen_Pearson) * Cousin [Colin Rowe](/source/Colin_Rowe_(politician)) }} | children = one | alma_mater = | occupation = Farmer and grazier | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Rex Whiting Pearson''' (13 January 1905 – 11 September 1961) was an Australian politician. Born in [Kadina, South Australia](/source/Kadina%2C_South_Australia), he was educated in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide%2C_South_Australia) at [Prince Alfred College](/source/Prince_Alfred_College) before becoming a farmer and grazier, initially at [Sandilands](/source/Sandilands%2C_South_Australia) on the [Yorke Peninsula](/source/Yorke_Peninsula) in [South Australia](/source/South_Australia). In 1927, Pearson moved with his widowed mother to [Jamestown](/source/Jamestown%2C_South_Australia). In 1935, he moved with his family, and that of his brother Glen, to [Cockaleechie](/source/Cockaleechie%2C_South_Australia). In the following year, he moved 20 km north to [Yeelanna](/source/Yeelanna%2C_South_Australia). He first contested the [South Australian House of Assembly](/source/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) [electorate of Flinders](/source/electoral_district_of_Flinders) for the [Liberal and Country League](/source/Liberal_and_Country_League) at the state election in 1938, but lost to [Edward Craigie](/source/Edward_Craigie), the candidate for the [Single Tax League](/source/Single_Tax_League), after the distribution of preferences.{{Cite Au Senate|Sen id=pearson-rex-whiting|name=PEARSON, Rex Whiting (1905–1961)|first=Jenny Tilby|last=Stock|access-date=8 December 2022}} In 1941, Pearson was elected for Flinders, defeating Craigie on preferences from the [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(South_Australian_Branch)) candidate. Even though he moved to [Belair](/source/Belair%2C_South_Australia), and later [Lower Mitcham](/source/Lower_Mitcham%2C_South_Australia) near [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) and his mother's home, he won the 1947 and 1950 elections for Flinders,{{Cite SA-parl|pid=3853|name=Rex Whiting Pearson|former=yes|access-date=8 December 2022}} and retained his interest and support for farming and rural interests in his electorate on the [Eyre Peninsula](/source/Eyre_Peninsula). In 1951, Pearson transferred to federal politics, winning a seat in the [Australian Senate](/source/Australian_Senate) as a [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) at that year's [double dissolution](/source/double_dissolution) [federal election](/source/1951_Australian_federal_election). His brother [Glen](/source/Glen_Pearson_(Australian_politician)) won the by-election for the consequential vacancy in the seat of Flinders. Pearson held his Senate seat by winning elections in 1953 and 1958, until his death in 1961, after which the South Australian parliament appointed [Gordon Davidson](/source/Gordon_Davidson_(politician)) to replace him.{{cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=Australian Election Archive|work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia|year=2008|accessdate=2008-11-23}} Pearson was a [Methodist](/source/Methodist_Church_of_Australasia) lay preacher on the Eyre Peninsula. ==References== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-sa-la}} {{s-bef | before = [Edward Craigie](/source/Edward_Craigie) }} {{s-ttl | title = Member for [Flinders](/source/Electoral_district_of_Flinders) | years = 1941–1951 }} {{s-aft | after = [Glen Pearson](/source/Glen_Pearson_(Australian_politician)) }} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pearson, Rex}} Category:1905 births Category:1961 deaths Category:People educated at Prince Alfred College Category:Australian Methodists Category:Farmers from South Australia Category:Liberal and Country League politicians Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Category:20th-century Australian politicians Category:20th-century Australian farmers {{Australia-Liberal-SouthAustralia-MP-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rex Pearson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Pearson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Pearson?action=history)). 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