Greg Hall (politician)
Gregory Raymond Hall is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the McIntyre. He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002. Hall was born in Launceston. He became a member of the Legislative Council at the 2001 Rowallan elections, defeating Russel Anderson.
Hall has supported some of state Labor's initiatives in the upper house, such as the Meander dam project and the Betfair proposal. He was one of only two independent members of the Council to support the 2003 Relationships Act which gave same-sex unions and other relationships recognition in Tasmania. Hall voted against the governments Sex regulation Act and supported later legislation to ban brothels in Tasmania.
He stood for re-election again for the 6 May 2006 Rowallan division election, winning with a primary vote of 81.95% against a sole Tasmanian Greens opponent. In 2017, Hall's seat of Western Tiers was abolished in a redistribution. Hall was allocated to the seat of McIntyre alongside Tania Rattray until the expiration of his term in 2018.
Greg Hall is a Vietnam war veteran. He served as a Trooper with BSquadron, 3 Cav from 28 August 1969 to 4 June 1970.
