William Hall-Jones

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William Hall-Jones (around 1920)

Sir William Hall-Jones (born January 16, 1851 in Folkestone , Kent , † June 19, 1936 in Wellington , New Zealand ) was a New Zealand politician and briefly Prime Minister of New Zealand from June 10 to August 10, 1906 .

Hall-Jones was in 1851 in Folkestone in the English county of Kent born. He came to Dunedin in New Zealand in 1873 and took up the profession of carpenter , later he became a building craftsman in Timaru . In August 1890, he was elected to represent the Timaru constituency in the House of Representatives. He held this seat until his resignation in 1908. He ran as an independent candidate and had moderately progressive views that put him close to John Ballance , George Gray and John McKenzie .

Hall-Jones became cabinet secretary in 1896 . During Richard Seddon's stay in Australia in 1906, he was acting Prime Minister. When Seddon died unexpectedly on the way back, Hall-Jones formed an interim government after his funeral. However, he announced that he would only remain in office until the return of the new Prime Minister-designate Joseph Ward from abroad.

In the following governments under Ward as premier, he took over the ministerial portfolios for railways and public works. In December 1908 he succeeded William Pember Reeves as High Commissioner for New Zealand in London . At the end of his tenure in 1912, he returned to New Zealand and was appointed a member of the Legislative Council by Massey .

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literature

  • Bernard John Foster: Hall-Jones, Hon. Sir William . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed December 14, 2015]).
  • Frederick G. Hall-Jones: Sir William Hall-Jones, the last of the old liberals Familie Hall-Jones, Invercargill 1969
  • David A. Hamer: The New Zealand Liberals: the years of power, 1891-1912 , Auckland University Press, Auckland 1988 ISBN 1-86940-014-3
  • The Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia , 1988

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personal data
SURNAME Hall-Jones, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Folkestone
DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1936
Place of death Wellington