Greg Hall (politician)

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Gregory Raymond "Greg" Hall (born 19 April 1948) is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Rowallan. 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. 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.

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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Greg Hall – Independent Member for Western Tiers

Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by John Loone	Member for Rowallan 2001–2008	Abolished
New seat	Member for Western Tiers 2008–present	Incumbent

v t e Current Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Labor (1)	Craig Farrell

Liberal (2)	Vanessa Goodwin Leonie Hiscutt

Independent (12)	Rosemary Armitage Ivan Dean Kerry Finch Ruth Forrest Mike Gaffney Greg Hall Paul Harriss Tony Mulder Tania Rattray Adriana Taylor Rob Valentine Jim Wilkinson

Persondata
Name	Hall, Greg
Alternative names	Hall, Gregory Raymond (full name)
Short description	Australian politician, member of Tasmanian Legislative Council
Date of birth	19 April 1948
Place of birth	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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