George Joseph Hall Explained

George Hall
Constituency Am1:Bundaberg
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:16 Jun 1892
Term End1:6 May 1893
Predecessor1:Walter Adams
Successor1:Michael Duffy
Birth Date:27 January 1857
Birth Place:Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Death Place:London, England
Birthname:George Joseph Hall
Nationality:English
Spouse:Anna Gertrude Mason (m.1882)
Party:Labour Party
Occupation:Carpenter

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 30 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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Members. Parliament of Queensland. 2015. 7 May 2016.
  2. https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research
  3. http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1078276772 Adams, Walter
  4. News: THE GENERAL ELECTION . . 2033 . Queensland, Australia . 8 May 1893 . 7 May 2016 . 2 . National Library of Australia.