Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
How many Liberal candidates have a Liberal leader of pearson, and a % of popular vote of 40.2%, and Seats won smaller than 131?

### Inputs:
table_name: table, columns: ['Year', 'Seats in House', 'Liberal candidates', 'Seats won', 'Seat Change', 'Popular vote', '% of popular vote', 'Result', 'Liberal leader']

### Response:
SELECT COUNT Liberal candidates FROM table WHERE Liberal leader = pearson AND % of popular vote = 40.2% AND Seats won < 131