Papers of George Foster Pearce [manuscript]. 1909-1952.

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Papers of George Foster Pearce [manuscript]. 1909-1952.

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Personal and political papers. Correspondence dealing with his political career, especially in the late 1920s and 1930s; personal and financial papers, mainly 1937-1952; press cuttings 1909-1910; drafts of articles by Pearce and drafts of his book "Carpenter to Cabinet"

70 cm. (5 boxes) + 1 folio.

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Pearce, George Foster, 1870-1952

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Born in 1870 at Mount Barker, S. Aust, he moved to Perth, W.A. in 1892. After becoming active in the union movement, he was elected as a Labor representative to the first Australian Senate as a Senator for W.A. in 1901. He was a Minister for Defence (1908-1909, 1910-1913, 1914-21, 1932-1934) for successive Labor governments until 1917. He presided over the bitter conscription debate of 1916-1917. Having aligned himself with the "yes" faction of Billy Hughes, he was subsequently expelled from the...