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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1909–1998)}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Alfred Hales
| image=Alfred Hales.png
| caption=Official 1973 portrait
| riding=[[Wellington (electoral district)|Wellington]]<br />{{small|([[Wellington South (federal electoral district)|Wellington South]]; 1957–1968)}}
| parliament=Canadian
| term_start=10 June 1957
| term_end=7 July 1974
| predecessor=[[Henry Alfred Hosking]]
| successor=[[Frank Maine]]
| birth_name = Alfred Dryden Hales
| birth_date={{birth date|1909|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place=[[Guelph|Guelph, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date={{Death date and age|df=yes|1998|2|22|1909|11|22}}
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| profession= {{hlist|Butcher| Meat Cutter|Farmer|Manufacturer| Merchant}}
| party=[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
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'''Alfred Dryden Hales''' (22 November 1909 &ndash; 22 February 1998) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] businessman and politician. Hales was a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative party]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]]. He was born in [[Guelph|Guelph, Ontario]] and had careers as a butcher, meat cutter, farmer, manufacturer and merchant.

Hales graduated with a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the [[University of Toronto]]'s [[Ontario Agricultural College]] in 1934.<ref name=Hansard>{{Cite web | url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?pub=Hansard&doc=74&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=36&Ses=1#LINK171 | accessdate=5 August 2008 | title=The Late Mr. Alfred Hales | publisher=[[Parliament of Canada]] | work=Hansard | date=16 March 1998 | archive-date=4 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004140402/http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?doc=74&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=36&pub=Hansard&Ses=1#LINK171 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He also played two seasons as middle wing for the [[Toronto Argonauts]] in 1934 and 1935.<ref name=CHIN>{{Cite web | url=http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8015/Webtop/CHINApps/artefacts/ws/human/user/www/Record?upp=0&rpp=10&m=1&w=NATIVE%28%27TITLES+ph+words+%27%27alf+hales%27%27%27%29 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101032647/http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8015/Webtop/CHINApps/artefacts/ws/human/user/www/Record?upp=0&rpp=10&m=1&w=NATIVE('TITLES+ph+words+''alf+hales''') | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 January 2013 | accessdate=5 August 2008 | title=Alf Hales, 1931 | publisher=[[Department of Canadian Heritage]] | work=Artefacts Canada }}</ref><ref name=GPL>{{Cite web|url=http://www.library.guelph.on.ca/hip/ead/review_single_rec.cfm?key=201&tbname=fonds&refcode=F15 |publisher=Guelph Public Library |accessdate=5 August 2008 |title=Alf Hales fonds |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519010113/http://www.library.guelph.on.ca/hip/ead/review_single_rec.cfm?key=201&tbname=fonds&refcode=F15 |archivedate= 19 May 2011 }}</ref>

After an unsuccessful attempt to win the [[Wellington South (federal electoral district)|Wellington South]] riding in the [[1953 Canadian federal election|1953 federal election]], Hales became a Guelph city councillor in 1955. He campaigned again for Parliament in the [[1957 Canadian federal election|1957 election]]. He was re-elected to consecutive terms at Wellington South, then from the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 election]] at [[Wellington (electoral district)|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 Canadian federal election|1974 election]]. He repeatedly introduced  a [[Private Member's Bill]] to create the [[Parliamentary Internship Programme]] until this was approved in 1969.<ref name=Hansard /> Today, an annual award named in his honour is given by the [[Institute on Governance]] to the best essay by a Parliamentary intern.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

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]].{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

==Electoral record==

===Wellington South===
{{1953 Canadian federal election/Wellington South}}
{{1957 Canadian federal election/Wellington South}}
{{1958 Canadian federal election/Wellington South}}
{{1962 Canadian federal election/Wellington South}}
{{1963 Canadian federal election/Wellington South}}
{{1965 Canadian federal election/Wellington South}}

===Wellington===

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1968|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|'''Alfred Dryden  HALES'''|13,496|44.5|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ralph DENT|11,842|39.0|}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Phil LANTHIER|5,012|16.5|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 30,350|100.0}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1972|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|'''Alfred Dryden  HALES'''|20,730|53.1|+8.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jake SLINGER|11,022|28.2|-10.8}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Margaret MCCREADY|7,050|18.1|+1.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Gareth BLYTHE|174|0.4|+0.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Terry THERIAULT|67|0.2|+0.2}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 39,043|100.0}}
{{end}}

== Archives ==
There are Alfred Hales [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Alfred Dryden Hales fonds|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=103567&lang=eng|access-date=18 September 2020 }}</ref> and the [[Guelph Public Library]].<ref name="GPL" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=15897}}
* {{Cite web | url=http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/archival_&_special_collections/the_collections/digital_collections/regional/transcripts/Alf-Hales-edited-script.doc | accessdate=5 August 2008 | title=Alumni-in-Action Oral History: Alfred Dryden Hales, OAC '34 | first=N.R. (Rick) | last=Richards | date=4 April 1990 | publisher=[[University of Guelph]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613024734/http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/resources/archival_%26_special_collections/the_collections/digital_collections/regional/transcripts/Alf-Hales-edited-script.doc | archive-date=13 June 2011 | url-status=dead}}

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