George Joseph Hall (27 January 1857 – 21 November 1924) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

Hall was born in

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, the son of George Hall Snr and was educated at the Theddlethorpe National School. In 1870 he became apprenticed to his father as a

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before working as a

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. He arrived in

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on the ''Renfrewshire'' in 1882, and spent a short time in

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before returning to Bundaberg. In 1887, after suffering a serious accident, Hall became a building draughtsman. He returned to England in 1897 where he worked as a pattern-maker in London. On 30 May 1882 Hall married Anna Gertrude Mason in

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and together had four sons and a daughter.Family history research
— Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 6 May 2016. He died in London in November 1924.

Public career

Hall was an early member of the Labor movement and was a secretary of the Bundaberg Workers Political Organization. He was also treasurer of the General Labor Union. When Walter Adams, the member for

in the Queensland Legislative Assembly died in 1892,Adams, Walter
—

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. Retrieved 7 May 2016. Hall won the resultant

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. He held the seat for less than a year, losing it at the

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to the Ministerial candidate, Michael Duffy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, George Joseph Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1857 births 1924 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland British emigrants to the Colony of Queensland