{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = |name = Albert Hales |honorific_suffix = |image = |caption = |constituency_AM1 = Ipswich West |assembly1 = Queensland Legislative |term_start1 = 7 December 1974 |term_end1 = 12 November 1977 |predecessor1 = Vi Jordan |successor1 = David Underwood

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|11|9|df=y}} |birth_place = Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |death_date = |death_place = |resting_place = |birth_name = Albert Hales |party = Country Party/National Party |other_party = |spouse = Elaine Merle Webb (m.1955) |alma_mater = |occupation = Real estate agent, Property developer, Newsagent, Electrician |relations = }}

'''Albert Hales''' (born 9 November 1932) is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1974 until 1977, representing the electorate of Ipswich West.

Hales was born in Ipswich, and was educated at the Bundamba and Ipswich Central state schools and Ipswich Grammar School. He initially trained as an electrician, working in that trade from 1948 until 1963, became a newsagent from 1963 to 1966, and was a real estate agent and property developer thereafter. He also served as president of the Ipswich branch of the Real Estate Institute of Queensland and as treasurer of the Central Methodist Mission in Ipswich.<ref name="parl">{{cite web | title = Re-Member: Hales, Mr Albert | publisher = Parliament of Queensland | url = http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=505 | accessdate=13 June 2012}}</ref>

Hales was elected as the National Party member for the usually safe Labor seat of Ipswich West amidst the National-Liberal landslide at the 1974 election. He was defeated at the 1977 election.<ref name="parl" />

He married Elaine Merle Webb on 2 April 1955, and has three children.<ref name="parl" />

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hales, Albert}} Category:1932 births Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:Living people Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly