The Hon. David Robert HALL (1874 - 1945)**

Date of Birth: 05/03/1874 Place of Birth: Harrietville, Victoria, Australia Date of Death: 06/09/1945 Place of Death: Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 3 Jul 1901 18 Feb 1920 18yr(s) 7mth(s) 16day(s) Member of the NSW Legislative Council 23 Jul 1912 14 Nov 1913 1yr(s) 3mth(s) 23day(s) Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 2 April 1912. Member for Gunnedah 3 Jul 1901 16 Jul 1904 3yr(s) 14day(s) 19th (1901 - 1904) Member for Enmore 13 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 9day(s) 23rd (1913 - 1917) Member for Enmore 24 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s) 24th (1917 - 1920) Minister of Justice and Solicitor General 2 Apr 1912 15 Nov 1916 4yr(s) 7mth(s) 14day(s) Acting Attorney General 27 Dec 1912 6 Jun 1913 5mth(s) 11day(s) Granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life. Attorney General 29 Jan 1914 23 Jul 1919 5yr(s) 5mth(s) 25day(s) Minister for Housing 23 Jul 1919 9 Feb 1920 6mth(s) 18day(s) Vice President of Executive Council 30 Jul 1919 9 Feb 1920 6mth(s) 11day(s) Claim of Glebe Borough Council in respect of Sewerage Works Committee No.10 4 Sep 1901 9 Oct 1901 1mth 6days 19th (1901 - 1904) Claim of Mr John Leonard against the Public Works Department Committee No.8 17 Jun 1902 19 Dec 1902 6mths 3days 19th (1901 - 1904) Murrumbidgee Northern Water Supply and Irrigation Bill Committee No.14 11 Sep 1903 24 Nov 1903 2mths 14days 19th (1901 - 1904) Profession of Public Accountants Committee No. 7 8 Dec 1914 23 Feb 1915 2mths 16days 23rd (1913 - 1917) The King's Message Committee No. 10 10 Aug 1915 13 Apr 1916 8mths 4days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Church of England Trust Property Bill Committee No. 8 30 Nov 1916 21 Dec 1916 22days 23rd (1913 - 1917)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive in 1901, 1904, 1906 until 1907, 1913 until 1915; left party over conscription in 1916

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1902

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Lawyer (Barrister). Arrived in New South Wales as an infant. Educated at Cooma and Forest Lodge public school; employed at the Sun Insurance Company., James Sandy and Company., and Foley Brothers; private secretary to the Minister for Lands, T.H Hassall and W.P Crick; called to the Bar in 1903; Agent General in 1920; solicitor in 1921; catering interests in Australia and London., shareholder in Hygienic Containers Limited (New South Wales), with sons in Quality Inns Limited and K & A Hall (Caterers) Limited, London; in later life resided in London; secretary with Commonwealth Navigation Company in 1906; foundation member of the Universal Service League in 1915; Freeman of London in 1943; author in 1915, contributor to trends in Australian Politics in 1935; Freemason; Church of Christ.

Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held

Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Werriwa 1906 until 1912.

Personal

Son of Thomas Hall, miner, and Marion Hutchison, Scottish migrants. Married (1) Cassie Amelia Jackes in 1909 and had issue, 2 sons. Married (2) Myra Isobel Johnstone Perkins on 22 March 1944.

Additional Information

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