Zachariah Adam Hall (February 28, 1865 – May 5, 1952) was an Ontario manufacturer and political figure. He represented Waterloo South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1914 to 1919.
He was born in Millbank, Canada West, the son of Thomas Hall. He was educated in St. Marys, Strathroy and Guelph. In 1900, he married Margaret Forbes. Hall manufactured stoves and furnaces in Hespeler. He served as reeve for Preston in 1907. He was defeated in his bid for reelection in 1919 by Karl Homuth of the United Farmers of Ontario.
Hall was also an inventor, patenting a design for a brake for vehicle wheels,http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=315706 a hot air furnace,http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=402449 several designs for kitchen ranges and stoveshttp://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=133715 and hockey sticks.http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=270915
He died in Guelph on May 5, 1952, and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in that same city."Obituaries", The Daily Mercury, Guelph, Ontario, May 6, 1953, pg. 14
References
Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1916, EJ Chambers
External links Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Hockey Stick, Zachariah Adam Hall ~ 1936