Hall, Sir John

Hall, Sir John

▪ prime minister of New Zealand
born , Dec. 18, 1824, Hull, Yorkshire, Eng.
died June 25, 1907, Christchurch, N.Z.

      farmer, public official, and politician who as prime minister of New Zealand (1879–82) skillfully formed and maintained a government in a period of change and instability.

      As a young civil servant in London, Hall decided to emigrate to New Zealand (1852). He bought land in Canterbury, was elected to the provincial council (1853), and continued to use his administrative skills in local and national public offices, including that of the first mayor of Christchurch (1863). Elected to Parliament (1855), Hall served twice as colonial secretary (1856, 1872–73) and as postmaster general (1866–69). Asked to form a ministry with a very small majority, Hall took the cabinet posts of colonial secretary, post and telegraph, and customs in addition to the premiership, and, by refusing to interrupt government business, he avoided a want-of-confidence vote until he had negotiated four more members over to his side. He inherited several bills from previous governments to adopt and pass, including the act granting voting rights, without property restrictions, to all men. He also reluctantly ordered the arrest of a prominent Maori leader when negotiation failed.

      Knighted in 1882, Hall continued to sit in the House from 1887, and his last public act was to successfully pilot the bill granting women's suffrage (1893) through the House.

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