Finlay McNaughton Young
Honorific prefixThe Honourable
OfficeCanadian Senator
from Manitoba
AppointerWilfrid Laurier
Term startJanuary 30, 1900
Term endFebruary 15, 1916
Office 110th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Predecessor 1Samuel Jackson
Successor 1William Hespeler
Term start 114 February 1895
Term end 1December 1899
Office 2Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
for Turtle Mountain
Predecessor 2J. P. Alexander
Successor 2John Hettle
Term start 2January 23, 1883
Term end 2July 11, 1888
Office 3Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
for Killarney
Predecessor 3Constituency established
Successor 3George Lawrence
Term start 3July 11, 1888
Term end 3December 7, 1899
Birth date2 April 1852
Birth placeSt. Chrysostome, Canada East
Death date15 February 1916 (aged 63)
Death placeKillarney, Manitoba, Canada
PartyLiberal (provincial)
Liberal (federal)

Finlay McNaughton Young (2 April 1852 – 15 February 1916) was a Canadian politician.

Background

Born in St. Chrysostome, Canada East, the son of Duncan Young, he was educated at St. Chrysostome and Montreal. In 1879, he moved to Manitoba. A farmer, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the electoral division of Turtle Mountain in 1883 and re-elected at all the subsequent elections up to 1899. In 1899, he was defeated. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1895 to 1899.

A Liberal, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 30 January 1900 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the Senate division of Killarney, Manitoba, until his death.

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