Greg Hall (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
About Greg Hall (politician)
- Gregory Raymond Hall (born 19 April 1948) is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the McIntyre.
- He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002.
- Hall was born in Launceston.
- He became a member of the Legislative Council at the 2001 Rowallan elections, defeating Russel Anderson (independent; supported by the Liberals). Hall has supported some of state Labor's initiatives in the upper house, such as the Meander dam project and the Betfair proposal.
- He was one of only two independent members of the Council to support the 2003 Relationships Act which gave same-sex unions and other relationships recognition in Tasmania.
- [1] Hall voted against the governments Sex regulation Act and supported later legislation to ban brothels in Tasmania. He stood for re-election again for the 6 May 2006 Rowallan division election, winning with a primary vote of 81.95% against a sole Tasmanian Greens opponent.
- In 2017, Hall's seat of Western Tiers was abolished in a redistribution.
- Hall was allocated to the seat of McIntyre alongside Tania Rattray until the expiration of his term in 2018. Greg Hall is a Vietnam war veteran.
- He served as a Trooper with BSquadron, 3 Cav from 28 August 1969 to 4 June 1970.
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