Alfred Hales

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Alfred Dryden Hales
Member of Parliament
for Wellington South
In office
June 1957  June 1968
Member of Parliament
for Wellington
In office
June 1968  May 1974
Personal details
Born 22 November 1909
Guelph, Ontario
Died 22 February 1998(1998-02-22) (aged 88)
Political party Progressive Conservative
Profession butcher, meat cutter, farmer, manufacturer, merchant

Alfred Dryden Hales (22 November 1909 22 February 1998) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Guelph, Ontario and became a butcher, meat cutter, farmer, manufacturer and merchant by career.

Hales graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from the University of Toronto's Ontario Agricultural College in 1934.[1] He also played two seasons as middle wing for the Toronto Argonauts in 1934 and 1935.[2][2][3]

After an unsuccessful attempt to win the Wellington South riding in the 1953 federal election, Hales became a Guelph city councillor in 1955. He campaigned again for Parliament in the 1957 election. He was re-elected to consecutive terms at Wellington South, then from the 1968 election at Wellington. His Parliamentary career ended in May 1974 after he completed his term in the 29th Canadian Parliament, and Hales did not campaign in the 1974 election. He repeatedly introduced a Private Member's Bill to create the Parliamentary Internship Programme until this was approved in 1969.[1] Today, an annual award named in his honour is given by the Institute on Governance to the best essay by a Parliamentary intern.

Hales chaired the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts from 1966 to 1974, following the tradition that such a chair be a member of the Official Opposition.

Electoral record

Wellington South

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalHenry Alfred HOSKING 9,275 45.4 -1.9
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 8,722 42.7 7.1
Co-operative CommonwealthThomas L. WITHERS 2,431 11.9 -5.2
Total valid votes 20,428100.0
Canadian federal election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 11,632 54.6 11.9
LiberalDavid TOLTON 6,090 28.6 -16.8
Co-operative CommonwealthThomas L. WITHERS 3,573 16.8 4.9
Total valid votes 21,295100.0
Canadian federal election, 1958
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 15,160 59.4 4.8
LiberalJames B. KEATING 8,194 32.1 2.5
Co-operative CommonwealthFred J. WHITE 2,186 8.5 -7.3
Total valid votes 25,540100.0
Canadian federal election, 1962
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 11,345 42.0 -17.4
LiberalRoy MCVITTIE 8,508 31.5 -0.6
New DemocraticJohn HARNEY 6,989 25.9 17.4
Social CreditReginald YOUD 174 0.6 0.6
Total valid votes 27,016100.0
Canadian federal election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 11,350 39.7 -2.3
LiberalRalph DENT 10,713 37.5 6.0
New DemocraticJohn HARNEY 6,391 22.3 -3.6
Social CreditReginald YOUD 150 0.5 -0.1
Total valid votes 28,604100.0
Canadian federal election, 1965
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 11,264 38.8 -0.9
New DemocraticJohn HARNEY 9,190 31.6 7.3
LiberalDonald E. MCFADZEN 8,595 29.6 -7.9
Total valid votes 29,049100.0

Wellington

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 13,496 44.5
LiberalRalph DENT 11,842 39.0
New DemocraticPhil LANTHIER 5,012 16.5
Total valid votes 30,350100.0
Canadian federal election, 1972
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Progressive ConservativeAlfred Dryden HALES 20,730 53.1 +8.6
LiberalJake SLINGER 11,022 28.2 -10.8
New DemocraticMargaret MCCREADY 7,050 18.1 +1.6
CommunistGareth BLYTHE 174 0.4 +0.4
Marxist–LeninistTerry THERIAULT 67 0.2 +0.2
Total valid votes 39,043100.0

References

  1. 1 2 "The Late Mr. Alfred Hales". Hansard. Parliament of Canada. 16 March 1998. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  2. 1 2 "Alf Hales, 1931". Artefacts Canada. Department of Canadian Heritage. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  3. "Alf Hales fonds". Guelph Public Library. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-05.

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