Preceded by Bill Falkinder Name Thomas Pearsall Occupation Dairy farmer | Nationality Australian Succeeded by Ray Sherry | |
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Born 11 April 1920
Hobart, Tasmania ( 1920-04-11 ) Died 28 December 2003(2003-12-28) (aged 83) Political party Liberal Party of Australia | ||
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 from 1940 to 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.
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