John Thomas Hall (9 November 1896 – 11 October 1955) was a British Labour Party politician.

Hall began working in a colliery in 1910, then served in the 1st Life Guards during World War I. After the war, he worked on the railways. He also became active in the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, joined the Labour Party, and studied at Ruskin College, Oxford.

John Hall (Labour politician)

Hall was elected to Durham County Council in 1934, serving until 1950, and became a Justice of the Peace in 1939. In 1943, he became the district chairman of his union, and he also worked part-time as a lecture on Economic and Social History for the National Council for Labour Colleges. He was elected in Gateshead West at the 1950 general election, holding his seat in 1951 and 1955. He died shortly after this final electoral success.

John Hall (Labour politician)

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1896 births

1955 deaths

British Army personnel of World War I

Alumni of Ruskin College

British Life Guards soldiers

British trade unionists

Councillors in County Durham

Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

UK MPs 1950–1951

UK MPs 1951–1955

UK MPs 1955–1959

John Hall (Labour politician)