Background
Perrelle was born at Arrowtown in 1872.
Perrelle was born at Arrowtown in 1872.
He was a newspaper proprietor and owned the Lake Country Press from age 21, and the Winton Record from 1912. Political career
He represented the Southland electorate of Awarua in Parliament from 1922 when he defeated John Ronald Hamilton of the Reform Party. He was a cabinet minister in the Ward and Forbes Ministries of the United Government from 1928 to 1931.
Internal Affairs (1928–1931).
In May 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Meda Perelle was twice married.
