Trevor Young
| Parliament of New Zealand | ||||
| Years | Term | Electorate | Party | |
| 1968–1969 | 35th | Hutt | Labour | |
| 1969–1972 | 36th | Hutt | Labour | |
| 1972–1975 | 37th | Hutt | Labour | |
| 1975–1978 | 38th | Hutt | Labour | |
| 1978–1981 | 39th | Eastern Hutt | Labour | |
| 1981–1984 | 40th | Eastern Hutt | Labour | |
| 1984–1987 | 41st | Eastern Hutt | Labour | |
| 1987–1990 | 42nd | Eastern Hutt | Labour | |
Trevor James Young, QSO (28 August 1925 – 13 May 2012), was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.
Young was born in Turua in 1925[1] and grew up in Cambridge and Blenheim. He did his secondary schooling at Wellington College.
In 1947, Young became a Lower Hutt city councillor at the age of 22. He represented the electorate of Hutt (previously occupied by Labour Prime Minister Walter Nash) in Parliament from 1968 to 1978, and then the Eastern Hutt electorate from 1978 to 1990, when he was replaced by Paul Swain. In total he gave 43 years of service in local and national politics.
He was associated with the temperance (prohibition) movement.
In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Young was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[2]
On 13 May 2012, Young died at the age of 86.[3]
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
- ↑ Who's Who in New Zealand
- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 51367, 10 June 1988. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ "Hundreds farewell Hutt MP Trevor Young". Stuff.co.nz. 18 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
| New Zealand Parliament | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Walter Nash |
Member of Parliament for Hutt 1968–1978 |
Constituency abolished |
| Constituency established | Member of Parliament for Eastern Hutt 1978–1990 |
Succeeded by Paul Swain |