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Alexander Young (New Zealand politician)

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The Honourable
Sir Alexander Young
KCVO
9th Minister of Health
In office
22 September 1931 – 6 December 1935
Prime MinisterGeorge Forbes
Preceded byArthur Stallworthy
Succeeded byPeter Fraser
In office
18 January 1926 – 10 December 1928
Prime MinisterGordon Coates
Preceded byMaui Pomare
Succeeded byArthur Stallworthy
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Hamilton
In office
7 December 1922 – 27 November 1935
Succeeded byCharles Barrell
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Waikato
In office
14 December 1911 – 7 December 1922
Preceded byHenry Greenslade
Succeeded byFrederick Lye
16th Mayor of Hamilton
In office
May 1909 – May 1912
Preceded byJames Bond
Succeeded byArthur Manning
Personal details
Born(1875-03-23)23 March 1875
Auckland, New Zealand
Died17 April 1956(1956-04-17) (aged 81)

Sir James Alexander Young KCVO (23 March 1875 – 17 April 1956), known as Alexander Young,[1] was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.

Biography

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1911–1914 18th Waikato Reform
1914–1919 19th Waikato Reform
1919–1922 20th Waikato Reform
1922–1925 21st Hamilton Reform
1925–1928 22nd Hamilton Reform
1928–1931 23rd Hamilton Reform
1931–1935 24th Hamilton Reform
Forbes Coalition Ministry in 1931, including Young (front right)

Young was born in Auckland in 1875 to Irish immigrant parents from County Sligo. He was by profession a dentist. He was elected to the Hamilton Borough Council at the young age of 22.[2] He was Mayor of Hamilton from 1909 to 1912.

He then represented the Waikato electorate from 1911 to 1922, and then the Hamilton electorate from 1922 to 1935, when he was defeated.[3]

He was Minister of Health (18 January 1926 – 10 December 1928) and Minister of Industries and Commerce (28 November 1928 – 10 December 1928) in the Coates Ministry of the Reform Government of New Zealand.[4] He was Minister of Health (22 September 1931 – 6 December 1935), Minister of Immigration (22 September 1931 – 6 December 1935) and Minister of Internal Affairs (28 January 1933 – 6 December 1935) in the United Government.[5]

He was Chairman of Committees from 24 July 1923 to 14 October 1925.[6]

In 1935, Young was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order[7] and was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[8][9]

He was vice-president of the New Zealand Alliance in 1929, and was on the Waikato Licensing Bench for fourteen years. He was on the Board of Governors of Hamilton High School and chairman of the Hospital Board.

He died in 1956 and was buried at the Hamilton East Cemetery.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Candidates for tomorrow's election". Evening Post. Vol. CXXVI, no. 91. 14 October 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Election Echoes". New Zealand Truth. No. 339. 23 December 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  3. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 149.
  4. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 47.
  5. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 48.
  6. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 151.
  7. ^ "No. 34147". The London Gazette. 2 April 1935. p. 2230.
  8. ^ "Official jubilee medals". The Evening Post. 6 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  9. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 247.
  10. ^ "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

References

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  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Hamilton
1909–1912 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives
1923–1925 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Health
1926–1928

1931–1935 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Succeeded by
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Waikato
1911–1922 		Succeeded by
New constituency Member of Parliament for Hamilton
1922–1935 		Succeeded by
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