Peter Hall (politician)
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The Honourable Peter Hall MLC |
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| Minister for Higher Education and Skills; the Teaching Profession | |
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In office December 2010 – 17 March 2014 |
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| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Eastern Victoria |
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In office 25 November 2006 – 17 March 2014 |
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| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Gippsland Province |
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In office 1 October 1988 – 24 November 2006 |
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27 May 1952 Castlemaine, Victoria |
| Political party | The Nationals |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Peter Ronald Hall (born 27 May 1952) is an Australian retired politician. He was a National member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1988 to 2014, representing Gippsland Province (1988–2006) and the Eastern Victoria Region (2006–2014).
Hall was born and raised in Castlemaine, Victoria. He graduated from Castlemaine High School in 1969 and moved to Melbourne to attend university. He graduated from Monash University in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts and completed a Diploma of Education the following year.
He showed promise as an Australian rules football player as a young person, being the best and fairest for the Castlemaine Football Club in 1969, at only 17 years of age. While studying teaching at Monash University in Melbourne, Hall made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in what was then the Victorian Football League (now named the Australian Football League). He went on to play 37 senior games between 1971 and 1974. However, he retired from top-grade football at the end of the 1974 season, moving to Traralgon in 1975 to take up a full-time secondary teaching position.
Over the next fourteen years, Hall continued to teach in Traralgon while also being the playing coach of his local football club. He twice won the league's best and fairest award, and coached both Traralgon and Morwell to premierships. Both of these careers were to end, however, when Hall was elected to the safe National seat of Gippsland Province at the 1988 state election.
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