Background
Young was born in Auckland in 1875 to Irish immigrant parents from County Sligo.
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James Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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He was by profession a dentist. He was elected to the Hamilton Borough Council at the young age of 22. 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.
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. 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.
He was Chairman of Committees from 24 July 1923 to 14 October 1925. He died in 1956 and was buried at the Hamilton East Cemetery.
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Reform Party