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♂ Finlay M. Young
aliasFinlay M. Young
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 5 1 6
Birth 2 April 1852 → 172 years ago
Lived 63 years + 10 months
First mandate 23 January 1883 → 141 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 9 months
Death 16 February 1916 → 108 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 16 years + 2 months after 6 December 1899
Special notes
None
 
Finlay M. Young (1852–1916)
© Photo 1902 — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
⊖ Charles A. Young (1855–1928) Brother  
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 16 10 8 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. MB 8–9
LIB
 1 Speaker 42–47 14 Feb 1895 — 06 Dec 1899 4 9 22

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ James P. Alexander  m 
⊖ George Morton  m 
 		 ⊖ George H. Lawrence  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 377 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Provincial
5		 Manitoba
23 January 1883
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 28398(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
30
LIB
 1/2 232 61.54% +87 Loser:
CONS
 145 38.46% James P. Alexander

Service: 3 years 10 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,446 Votes: 881 Participation: 60.93% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
6		 Manitoba
9 December 1886
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36494(F) — 14 Oct 2023 17:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
34
LIB
 1/2 503 57.09% +125 Loser:
CONS
 378 42.91% George Morton

Service: 1 year 7 months 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: n/a Votes: 0 Participation: n/a Candidacy: 1
Provincial
7		 Manitoba
11 July 1888
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36522(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/1 By acclamation

Service: 4 years 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,258 Votes: 1,037 Participation: 82.43% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
8		 Manitoba
23 July 1892
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36569(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/2 595 57.38% +153 Loser:
CONS
 442 42.62% George H. Lawrence

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,468 Votes: 915 Participation: 62.33% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
9		 Manitoba
15 January 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 36615(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
LIB
 1/2 583 63.72% +251 Loser:
CONS
 332 36.28% N. Clark

Service: 3 years 10 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,726 Votes: 1,436 Participation: 83.20% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
10		 Manitoba
7 December 1899
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CONS  Majority
ID: 36702(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
47
LIB
 2/2 648 45.13% -140 Winner:
CONS
 788 54.87% George H. Lawrence

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Deceased
Young, Finlay McNaughton		 10 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés décédés
Young, Finlay McNaughton		 10 Feb 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Finlay McNaughton Young (1852-1916)		 10 Feb 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Finlay McNaughton Young, Senator		 10 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Finlay McNaughton Young, sénateur		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Finlay McNaughton Young		 10 Feb 2024

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