Richard Edward Hall (September 17, 1907 – August 19, 1977) was a Canadian theatre owner and provincial politician from

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

. He served as a member of the

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from 1955 to 1959, sitting with the Liberal caucus in opposition.

Political career

Hall ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature as a Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Athabasca in the

1955 Alberta general election The 1955 Alberta general election was held on June 29, 1955, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Despite losing almost 10% of the popular vote (compared to its 1952 proportion of the vote) and 30% of its seats in the legisla ...

. He defeated incumbent Antonio Alosio with second choice preferences by almost 50 votes to pick up the seat for his party. Hall placed second out of three candidates by four votes on the first count but came back to win the election. Hall ran for a second term in office in the

1959 Alberta general election The 1959 Alberta general election was held on June 18, 1959, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ernest C. Manning, in his fifth election as party leader and provincial premier, led the Social Credit Party to its seventh c ...

. He faced Aloisio for the second time, but was defeated in a landslide finishing a distant second place in the four-way race. Hall ran for a seat to the

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in the

1963 Canadian federal election The 1963 Canadian federal election was held on April 8, 1963, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 26th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the minority Progressive Conservative (Tory) government of Prime Mi ...

as a federal Liberal candidate in the electoral district of Athabaska. He finished a distant second place in the four-way race losing to incumbent

Jack Bigg Frederick Johnstone "Jack" Bigg (May 26, 1912 – April 16, 1975) was a police officer who had obtained the rank of sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; , GRC) is the Law enforcement in ...

and finishing ahead of former Alberta MLA

Peter Chaba Peter Chaba (May 23, 1903 – March 29, 1964) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the provinc ...

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Richard Alberta Liberal Party MLAs Candidates in the 1963 Canadian federal election Theatre owners 1907 births 1977 deaths Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Alberta candidates for Member of Parliament 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta