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William George Pearson (1882 – 4 October 1963) was a British politician, Conservative MP for Jarrow (UK Parliament constituency).

He was Mayor of Jarrow from 1928 to 1930.

Pearson contested the parliamentary seat of Houghton-le-Spring in 1929. He was elected in the National Government landslide of 1931 for Jarrow, but narrowly lost his seat to Ellen Wilkinson in the limited Labour recovery of 1935.

Notes

1. "Mr William Pearson (Hansard)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 3 August 2016.
2. The Constitutional Year Book, 1932. London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations. 1932. p. 172.
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (1st ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 344. ISBN 9780900178016.

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