UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 31 December 1881, Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan

Died: 8 November 1965

1st Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley - 28 October 1946

Member of Privy Council - 1942

son of George Hall

Miner

Civil Lord of the Admiralty	June 1929	August 1931
Under Secretary of State for the Colonies	May 1940	February 1942
Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	February 1942	September 1943
Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	September 1943	July 1945
Secretary of State for the Colonies	3 August 1945	4 October 1946
First Lord of the Admiralty	October 1946	May 1951
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords	1947	1951

15 November 1922	Aberdare	Labour Party	20,704	57.21
6 December 1923	Aberdare	Labour Party	22,379	58.23
29 October 1924	Aberdare	Labour Party	24,343	61.56
30 May 1929	Aberdare	Labour Party	29,550	64.64
27 October 1931	Aberdare	Labour Party	Unopposed
14 November 1935	Aberdare	Labour Party	Unopposed
5 July 1945	Aberdare	Labour Party	34,398	84.25
28 October 1946 Elevation of Rt Hon George Hall to the Peerage - Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley.