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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. Hall-Jones entered parliament in 1890, later becoming a member of the Liberal Party.
Sir William Hall-Jones was a politician and respected administrator who served for a short time as prime minister of New Zealand (1906) and who later was appointed High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom.
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8 de nov. de 2017 · After resigning from Parliament in 1907 through ill health, Sir William (knighted in 1910) was high commissioner to London from 1908 to 1912. He served in the Legislative Council until his death in 1936.
He served as minister for public works (1896–1908), minister for railways (1906–8), and colonial treasurer, minister of labour and minister of education in 1906. As minister for public works Hall-Jones's major task was to oversee the completion of the North Island main trunk railway.
Contents. HALL-JONES, Hon. Sir William. , K.C.M.G. (1851–1936). Prime Minister of New Zealand, High Commissioner for New Zealand in the United Kingdom. A new biography of Hall-Jones, William appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site.
The Hon. William Hall-Jones, Minister for Public Works and Marine, and Minister in charge of the Government Printing Office, is a native of Kent. Born in Folkstone in 1853, he was educated at English public schools, and served an apprenticeship as a joiner in his native country.
Sir William Hall-Jones was the 16th prime minister of New Zealand from June 1906 until August 1906.
