HALL, CHARLES (1843-1937) was born at Malton, Yorkshire, where he was educated at Richardson's academy and the British school and apprenticed to a joiner. Later he entered the post office and then the railway clearinghouse in London.

In 1875 he came to Napier in the Countess of Kildare and commenced business as a builder. On the opening of the Woodville settlement in 1882 he took up a section but, losing his home in a fire, he returned to business as a builder (in Woodville). He assisted in the settlement of the Hall and Malton blocks near Woodville, and was an original selector on the Mangahao settlement, Pahiatua.

In public life Hall was a member of the Woodville road board (1883-86); some years mayor of Woodville; district coroner; a member of the Waipawa county council (chairman 1889); Woodville licensing board (chairman 1884); Waipawa licensing board (1895-98); the Hawke's Bay education board (1901-06) and the Hawke's Bay land board (1886-1903). In 1893 he became member for Waipawa, but at the following election he was defeated by G. Hunter (q.v.). In 1899 he turned the tables, and until 1911 he sat in Parliament. On his retirement he spent three years in England, and then settled down in Dannevirke. His first wife having died in England, he married (1875) Marian Dinsdale (d. 1918), of Malton. Hall died on 29 May 1937.

Dannevirke Advocate, 29 May 1937; Cycl. N.Z., vi (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908. Portrait: Parliament House.

Reference: Volume 1, page 188

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