George Joseph Hall

George Hall
George Hall and family - 1895
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Bundaberg
In office 16 Jun 1892 – 6 May 1893
Preceded by	Walter Adams
Succeeded by	Michael Duffy
Personal details
Born	George Joseph Hall 27 January 1857 Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Died	21 November 1924 (aged 67) London, England
Nationality	English
Political party	Labour Party
Spouse(s)	Anna Gertrude Mason (m.1882)
Occupation	Carpenter
Religion	Wesleyan

George Joseph Hall (27 January 1857 - 21 November 1924) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Hall was born in Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, the son of George Hall Snr and was educated at the Theddlethorpe National School. In 1870 he became apprenticed to his father as a carpenter before working as a millwright in Hull. He arrived in Bundaberg on the Renfrewshire in 1882, and spent a short time in Melbourne 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.^[1]

On the 30th May 1882 Hall married Anna Gertrude Mason in Grimsby and together had four sons and a daughter.^[1][2] He died in London in November of 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 Bundaberg in the Queensland Legislative Assembly died in 1892,^[3] Hall won the resultant by-election. He held the seat for less than a year, losing it at the 1893 Queensland colonial election to the Ministerial candidate, Michael Duffy.^[4]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
2. Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
3. Adams, Walter — Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
4. "THE GENERAL ELECTION". The Bundaberg Mail And Burnett Advertiser (2033). Queensland, Australia. 8 May 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 7 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.