Alexander Young (New Zealand politician)

The Honourable Sir Alexander Young KCVO
16th Mayor of Hamilton
In office May 1909 – May 1912
Preceded by	James Bond
Succeeded by	Arthur Manning
9th Minister of Health
In office 18 January 1926 – 10 December 1928
Prime Minister	Gordon Coates
Preceded by	Maui Pomare
Succeeded by	Arthur Stallworthy
In office 22 September 1931 – 6 December 1935
Prime Minister	George Forbes
Preceded by	Arthur Stallworthy
Succeeded by	Peter Fraser
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waikato
In office 1911 – 1922
Preceded by	Henry Greenslade
Succeeded by	Frederick Lye
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hamilton
In office 1922 – 1935
Succeeded by	Charles Barrell
Personal details
Born	23 March 1875 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	17 April 1956 (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

Parliament of New Zealand
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 died in 1956 and was buried at the Hamilton East Cemetery.^[10]

Notes

1. "Candidates for tomorrow's election". Evening Post. CXXVI (91). 14 October 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
2. "Election Echoes". New Zealand Truth (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. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34147. p. 2230. 2 April 1935. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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

• 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.