Caroline Kate (Kay) Young (born January 30, 1944) is a former Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Terra Nova in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1993 to 1996 as a member of the Liberal Party.[1]
Kay Young | |
|---|---|
| MHA for Terra Nova | |
| In office 1993–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Glen Greening |
| Succeeded by | Tom Lush |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
The daughter of Wallace Diamond and Nellie Emberley, she was born Caroline Kate Diamond in Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador and was educated at Memorial University. She was a teacher in Lethbridge from 1967 to 1993. She married Walter Young.[1]
She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Glen Greening to win a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1993.[2] Young was Minister of Social Services and Minister responsible for the Status of Women.[1] She ran unsuccessfully in the redistributed riding of Bonavista South in 1996, losing to Roger Fitzgerald.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c The Canadian parliamentary guide. 1995. p. 737.
- ^ "Terra Nova". CBC News.
- ^ "Bonavista South". Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011. CBC News.
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