Alfred Dryden Hales (22 November 1909 – 22 February 1998) was a

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businessman and politician. Hales was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in

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and had careers as a butcher, meat cutter, farmer, manufacturer and merchant. Hales graduated with a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the

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in 1934. He also played two seasons as middle wing for the

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in 1934 and 1935. After an unsuccessful attempt to win the

Wellington South Wellington South was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 as the "South Riding ...

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

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. His Parliamentary career ended in May 1974 after he completed his term in the

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, 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. Today, an annual award named in his honour is given by the

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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.

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Wellington South

Wellington

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hales, Alfred Dryden 1909 births 1998 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Guelph city councillors University of Toronto alumni Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Sportspeople from Guelph Toronto Argonauts players

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Wellington South

Wellington

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