Born at Glasgow, Scotland on 11 June 1858, son of George and Harriet Hall, he came to Canada with his parents in 1869 and was educated at Hamilton, Ontario. He began working as a cabinetmaker and furniture manufacturer at Hamilton in 1883, also serving as a Hamilton city alderman (1893-1897) and Hamilton assessment and industrial commissioner (1897-1907).
He moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta where he was successively Secretary of the Medicine Hat Board of Trade and assessment commissioner (1907-1910), Secretary of the Union of Alberta Municipalities (1908-1910), Secretary of the Associated Boards of Trade of Western Canada, and Secretary of the Western Canada Irrigation Association. In 1911, he was Commissioner with the City of Brandon Commercial Bureau at Brandon.
He was one of the organizers of the Canadian Club movement, being President of the original branch at Hamilton (1906-1907). He was a member of the Canadian Club, AF & AM, IOOF, IOF, AOUW, and Presbyterian church. His recreations included music and all athletic sports.
He died in September 1911 and was buried in the Hamilton Cemetery at Hamilton, Ontario.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Obituary, Hamilton Spectator, 12 September 1911, page 8.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
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