Charles Hall (1843 – 29 May 1937) was a

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in New Zealand. He represented the

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electorate from 1893 to 1896 when he was defeated, then from 1899 to 1911 when he retired.

Biography

Early life

Hall was born at Malton,

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in 1843. His first wife, Eliza died in her youth leaving Hall a widower. They had one child, a daughter. Hall decided to shift to

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and arrived at Napier in the ship ''Countess of Kintore'' in 1875 and entered the building trade upon arrival. Hall started up trade in Napier where he married Marian Dinsdale in 1878, the marriage issued two children one daughter and one son. He was keenly interested in land settlement and in 1880 took up a bush section in northern Manawatu. His family's home was destroyed in a bush fire and he and his family moved to Woodville where he again entered the building trade. Due to his active interest in land settlement, he assisted in the settlement of the Hall and Malton blocks near Woodville and was also an original selector in the Mangahao block, near

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. Due to his service in land settlements he was appointed by the government to serve as a selector for government land subdivisions.

Political career

Hall had a long, and active public life. He started his career locally holding many civil authority positions, serving as the Mayor of Woodville, chairman of the Waipawa County Council, District Coroner, a member of the Waipawa Licensing Committee and a member of the Hawke's Bay Education Board. In Hall was elected to Parliament as MP for

as the

candidate. At the next election he lost his seat to the Conservative candidate George Hunter. In he won the seat back and would retain it until the election when he chose to retire from national politics.

Later life and death

After retiring from Parliament Hall travelled back to England and stayed there for three years before returning in 1915 and settling in Dannevirke. His second wife died in 1918 and Hall himself died in 1937 in

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aged 95 years old. He was survived by all three of his children.

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