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Tom Young (trade unionist)

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Tom Young

William Thomas Young (27 April 1870 – 20 September 1953) was a New Zealand seaman and trade unionist.

He was born in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand in 1870. He stood in the 1908 election as an independent Labour candidate in the Wellington Suburbs electorate and was defeated in the first ballot.[1] He stood in the 1911 election for the original Labour Party in the Wellington Central electorate and was again defeated in the first ballot.[2] He died at Karori, Wellington.[3]

References

  1. ^ Mansfield, F. W. (1909). The General Election, 1908. National Library. pp. 31f. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ^ Mansfield, F. W. (1912). The General Election, 1911. National Library. p. 7. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ^ Atkinson, Neill. "William Thomas Young". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)