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George Barker Hall (1819 – February 1858) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. He represented South Northumberland in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C ...
from 1844 to 1847 as a Conservative. He was born in
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, later settling in
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,
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. Hall owned a flour mill in Peterborough. In 1847, he was named a judge for the Colborne District. Hall served briefly as an ensign in the local militia around the time of the
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. He died suddenly at Beavermead, his residence near Peterborough, at the age of 39.
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was executor for Hall's estate.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, George B 1819 births 1858 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West