Albert Young Hassell
Albert Young Hassell (15 November 1841 – 16 September 1918) was a prominent Australian pastoralist and politician.
Born in Albany,[1] the second son of pastoralist John Hassell who had pioneered the area around Kendenup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia in 1840.
Working on the property Albert Hassell eventually became manager of another of his fathers properties near Jerramungup from 1861 to 1863. He became the first European to overland to Esperance during the time. From 1864 to 1878 Albert and his brother, John Frederick Hassell, ran the family businesses.
Albert ran for parliament and won a by-election representing Albany in the colony's first part-elective Legislative Council from 1871 to 1874.[2] Under responsible government he later represented Plantagenet in the Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1904. During his time he was also elected to the Western Australian representative at the Australasian Federal Convention from 1897 to 1898.[2]
Hassell died in 1918 in Melbourne.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Albert Young Hassell". Great Southern Pioneers. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ a b C. W. Hassell (1972). "Hassell, Albert Young (1841–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 5 September 2015.