William Hall-Jones
Prime minister of New Zealand in 1906 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir William Hall-Jones KCMG (16 January 1851 – 19 June 1936) was the 16th prime minister of New Zealand from June 1906 until August 1906.
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Sir William Hall-Jones | |
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16th Prime Minister of New Zealand | |
In office 10 June 1906 – 6 August 1906 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Governor | William Plunket |
Preceded by | Richard Seddon |
Succeeded by | Sir Joseph Ward |
12th Minister of Public Works | |
In office 2 March 1896 – 30 November 1908 | |
Prime Minister | Richard Seddon Himself Sir Joseph Ward |
Preceded by | Richard Seddon |
Succeeded by | Roderick McKenzie |
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Timaru | |
In office 18 August 1890 – 29 October 1908 | |
Preceded by | Richard Turnbull |
Succeeded by | James Craigie |
Personal details | |
Born | (1851-01-16)16 January 1851 Folkestone, Kent, England |
Died | 19 June 1936(1936-06-19) (aged 85) Wellington, New Zealand |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) |
Fanny Smith
(m. 1873; died 1876)Rosalind Lucy Purss (m. 1877) |
Children | Fred Hall-Jones |
Relatives | John Hall-Jones (grandson) |
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Hall-Jones entered parliament in 1890, later becoming a member of the Liberal Party. He was interim prime minister from the death of Richard Seddon to the return from overseas of Joseph Ward. Hall-Jones was a mild mannered man with a fully earned reputation as an outstanding administrator. Seddon famously said of him, "He is the best administrator I have in my Cabinet."[2]
From 1908 to 1912, Hall-Jones was New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.