Robert Newton Hall
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Robert Newton Hall was a lawyer, educator, judge and political figure in Quebec
. He represented Town of Sherbrooke
in the Canadian House of Commons
from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
He was born in Laprairie, Lower Canada
, the son of the Reverend R.V. Hall, and received a B.A.
from the University of Vermont
in Burlington, Vermont
. He was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1861 and set up practice in Sherbrooke. Hall married Lena Kendrick in 1862. He received a LL.D. from Bishop's College
in 1880. In the same year, he was named Queen's Counsel
. Hall was batonnier for the St. Francis section of the Quebec bar from 1877 to 1881 and was batonnier for the province in 1878. Hall served as chair of the Select Committee on Geological Surveys in 1884. He was dean of the Faculty of Law at Bishop's College. In 1873, he was named a government director for the Canadian Pacific Railway
. He was president for the Massawippi Railway and for the Sherbrooke Gas and Water Company and a director of the Quebec Central Railway.
In 1892, he was named judge in the Court of Queen's Bench; he retired from the bench due to illness in March 1907. He died later that year at the age of 70 while travelling to England
.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He represented Town of Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke (Town of)
Sherbrooke was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925....
in the Canadian House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal-Conservative member.
He was born in Laprairie, Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
, the son of the Reverend R.V. Hall, and received a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from the University of Vermont
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont comprises seven undergraduate schools, an honors college, a graduate college, and a college of medicine. The Honors College does not offer its own degrees; students in the Honors College concurrently enroll in one of the university's seven undergraduate colleges or...
in Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the shire town of Chittenden County. Burlington lies south of the U.S.-Canadian border and some south of Montreal....
. He was called to the Lower Canada bar in 1861 and set up practice in Sherbrooke. Hall married Lena Kendrick in 1862. He received a LL.D. from Bishop's College
Bishop's University
Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...
in 1880. In the same year, he was named Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
. Hall was batonnier for the St. Francis section of the Quebec bar from 1877 to 1881 and was batonnier for the province in 1878. Hall served as chair of the Select Committee on Geological Surveys in 1884. He was dean of the Faculty of Law at Bishop's College. In 1873, he was named a government director for the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
. He was president for the Massawippi Railway and for the Sherbrooke Gas and Water Company and a director of the Quebec Central Railway.
In 1892, he was named judge in the Court of Queen's Bench; he retired from the bench due to illness in March 1907. He died later that year at the age of 70 while travelling to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.