Career
Prior to his election, Pearson served as the Executive Director, Animal Liberation in Australia. Pearson was trained as a nurse and worked as a Clinical Acute Adult Psychiatric Nurse Specialist and as the Team Leader of the Newcastle Community Mental Health Service in Newcastle. In his position as the Executive Director of Animal Liberation in Australia his main focus was on farm animals, particularly factory farming.
Pearson was involved in advocating for the abolition of mulesing in sheep and convincing the Russian Federation to ban imports of kangaroo meat by exposing cruelty and hygiene problems.
At the time of his election to Parliament, he was the Secretary of the Animal Justice Party.
