Walter Allan Hall was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Cromarty, Ontario

Cromarty, Ontario

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 and became a physician.

Hall attended public school at Salem, Ontario

Salem, Ontario

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, secondary school at Walkerton

Walkerton, Ontario

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 then Queen's University

Queen's University

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 where he attained a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree with specialist English, Mathematics and Science designations. He was a schoolteacher at Aurora, Ontario

Aurora, Ontario

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 and at Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

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 Collegiate Instituted before beginning medical studies. After earning medical (MDCM)

Doctor of Medicine

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 degrees, Hall became the staff physician and surgeon of Bruce County's House of Refuge for 31 years, and also served as a county jail doctor for 17 years.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Bruce South

Bruce South

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 riding in the 1925 general election

Canadian federal election, 1925

The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This precipitated the "King-Byng Affair".The Liberals under...

 then re-elected in 1926

Canadian federal election, 1926

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 and 1930

Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada...

. With riding boundary changes, Hall was a candidate at the newly formed Grey—Bruce

Grey—Bruce

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 riding, but was defeated in the 1935 election

Canadian federal election, 1935

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 by Agnes MacPhail

Agnes Macphail

Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...

 of the United Farmers

United Farmers of Ontario

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-Labour

Labour candidates and parties in Canada

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 party.

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