Background
Born in Montreal, the son of John Smythe Hall, a lumber merchant, and Emma Brigham, he attended Bishop"s College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and received a Bachelor of Law degree from McGill University in 1875.
Born in Montreal, the son of John Smythe Hall, a lumber merchant, and Emma Brigham, he attended Bishop"s College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and received a Bachelor of Law degree from McGill University in 1875.
McGill University.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1886 election for the riding of Montréal-Ouest. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in the 1890 election in the riding of Montréal division northern 5 and was re-elected in the 1892 election.
He was defeated in the 1897 election.
In 1891, he was appointed provincial treasurer in the cabinet of Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville and served in the cabinet of Louis-Olivier Taillon. After being ill and spending time to recover in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Denver, Colorado, Hall moved to Calgary, Alberta where he became editor-in-chief of the Calgary Herald.
As well he opened a law firm call Hall and Stewart. He died in Calgary in 1909 and was buried in Montreal.
He was also a member of the Calgary Municipal Council and a city solicitor.