Thomas Pearsall

Thomas Pearsall
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Franklin
In office
26 November 1966 – 25 October 1969
Preceded by Bill Falkinder
Succeeded by Ray Sherry
Personal details
Born 11 April 1920(1920-04-11)
Hobart, Tasmania
Died 28 December 2003(2003-12-28) (aged 83)
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation Dairy farmer

Thomas Gordon Pearsall (11 April 1920 – 28 December 2003) was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming a dairy farmer at Kingston. He served in the military 1940 -1945 (TX6060 Lt 2/29 Infantry Battalion. POW Malaya and Thai-Burma Railway and served on Kingsborough Council. In 1950, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin. In 1966, he transferred to national politics, winning the federal House of Representatives seat of Franklin after the retirement of Bill Falkinder. He was defeated in 1969 by Labor candidate Ray Sherry, and returned to farming. Pearsall died in 2003.[1]

References

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia. Retrieved 2008-11-09. 

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Bill Falkinder		 Member for Franklin
1966 – 1969		 Succeeded by
Ray Sherry