Robert Hanley Hall was an Irish

Ireland

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-born fur trader and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Cassiar in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1890 to 1894.

He was born in Derry

Derry

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, the son of Reverend Thomas Hall. Hall began his career at Fenelon Falls, Ontario

Fenelon Falls, Ontario

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. He joined the Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

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 in British Columbia in 1872 as a clerk. Hall was stationed in the New Caledonia District

New Caledonia (Canada)

New Caledonia was the name given to a district of the Hudson's Bay Company that comprised the territory largely coterminous with the present-day province of British Columbia, Canada. Though not a British colony, New Caledonia was part of the British claim to North America. Its administrative...

, at Fort Simpson

Fort Simpson (Columbia Department)

Fort Simpson was a fur trading post established in 1831 by the Hudson's Bay Company near the mouth of the Nass River in present-day British Columbia, Canada. In 1834 it was moved to the Tsimpsean Peninsula, about halfway between the Nass River and the Skeena River...

, at Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia

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 and at Prince Albert

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

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. He was promoted to chief factor in 1906. Hall was president of the Board of Trade in Prince Albert for three years. He married Rachel Sarah, the daughter of Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden

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, in 1876. Hall was named fur trade commissioner for the Hudson's Bay Company at Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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in 1910. He retired from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1913 and retired to Price Albert, where he died at the age of 74.