Albert Young Hassell

Albert Young Hassell (15 November 1841 – 20 September 1918) was a prominent Australian pastoralist and politician.

Born in Albany,[1] on 15 November 1841,[2] Albert was the second son of pastoralist John Hassell who had pioneered the area around Kendenup in the Great Southern region of Western Australia in 1840.

The young Albert was educated at a private school in Albany leaving at age 11 to work on the family farm.

Hassell ran for parliament and won a by-election representing the seat of Albany in the colony's first part-elective Legislative Council from 1871 to 1874;[4] after the term expired he resigned from the post.

Hassell improved the flocks and was awarded a grand prix in 1889 at the Paris Universal Exposition for twenty-five fleeces and later won more gold medals for his wool displays in exhibitions in France and Western Australia.