Jack Hall (politician)

Jack Hall (21 March 1910 – 5 May 1970) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1956 to 1970, representing the seat of Albany.

Hall was born in Mount Malcolm, a short-lived settlement in the Goldfields.

He eventually became president of the Albany branch of the Textile Workers' Union, serving for seven years .

He defeated Leonard Hill, the sitting Country Party member, by just 18 votes on the two-party-preferred count.

[2] Suffering from ill health, he resigned from parliament in April 1970, and died in Perth less than a month later.