Greg Hall (politician)

The Honourable Greg Hall MLC

Member of the Legislative Council for Western Tiers
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2008
Preceded by	Division created
Member of the Legislative Council for Rowallan
In office 5 May 2001 – 10 May 2008
Preceded by	John Loone
Succeeded by	Division abolished
Personal details
Born	(1948-04-19) 19 April 1948 Launceston, Tasmania
Political party	Independent
Military service
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	Australian Army
Years of service	1969–1970
Rank	Trooper
Unit	B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment
Battles/wars	Vietnam War

Gregory Raymond "Greg" Hall (born 19 April 1948) is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Western Tiers. 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.^[1]

Greg Hall is a Vietnam war veteran. He served as a Trooper with BSquadron, 3 Cav from 28 August 1969 to 4 June 1970.

References

↑ Report on Parliamentary Election 2003–2006, Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

External links

Greg Hall – Independent Member for Western Tiers

Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by John Loone	Member for Rowallan 2001–2008	Division abolished
New division	Member for Western Tiers 2008–present	Incumbent

Current members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Labor (1)	Craig Farrell

Liberal (2)	Vanessa Goodwin Leonie Hiscutt

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

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