John Smythe Hall
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John Smythe Hall (7 August 1853 – 8 January 1909) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and editor.
Born in Montreal, the son of John Smythe Hall, a lumber merchant, and Emma Brigham, he attended Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec and received a Bachelor of Law degre from McGill University in 1875. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1876 and then started a law career which would see him become a principal partner of the law firm Hall, Cross, Brown, and Sharp.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1886 election for the riding of Montreal West. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in the 1890 election in the riding of Montreal, Division No. 5 and was re-elected in the 1892 election. He was defeated in the 1897 election. In 1891, he was appointed provincial treasurer in the cabinet of Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville and served in the cabinet of Louis-Olivier Taillon.
After being ill and spending time to recover in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Denver, Colorado, Hall moved to Calgary, Alberta where he became editor-in-chief of th Calgary Herald. As well he opened a law firm call Hall and Stewart. He was also a member of the Calgary Municipal Council and a city solicitor. He died in Calgary in 1909 and was buried in Montreal.
