Neil Young

Background

Young was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1936.

Career

He represented the downtown Toronto ridings of Beaches and Beaches-Woodbine. He emigrated to Canada in the 1950s and worked as a machinist in the electrical industry. He later became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers Union.

After leaving politics he worked as a consultant on people with disabilities.

He died on March 7, 2015 in Toronto. He ran unsuccessfully for Toronto City Council"s Ward 9 in 1976.

In the federal election of 1979 he lost narrowly to Progressive Conservative candidate Robin Richardson by 518 votes. In 1980, Young faced Richardson again, this time defeating him by 1,496 votes.

Young served as the NDP critic on several portfolios such as pensions and veteran"s affairs

He was defeated in the 1993 election by Liberal Party of Canada candidate Maria Minna.

Achievements

• He came in 6th place behind winners Pat Sheppard and Tom Wardle Junior. In a closely contested nomination race, he won the NDP nomination for the Beaches federal electoral district by two votes in 1977. The Personal Computer"s won and Richardson served in the short lived Joe Clark minority government.

Politics

He was the party"s whip from 1981 to 1984.

Membership

He was a New Democratic member of the Canadian parliament from 1980 to 1993. He represented the electoral districts of Beaches from 1980 to 1988, and Beaches—Woodbine from 1988 to 1993, in the Canadian House of Commons as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).