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♂ D. Haig Young
aliasD. Haig Young
Record
66600 · 4497

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 0 5
Birth 13 April 1928 → 96 years ago
Lived 90 years + 11 months
First mandate 24 March 1972 → 52 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age 43 years + 11 months
Death 14 March 2019 → 5 years + 1 month ago
Exit → Death 29 years + 10 months after 19 April 1989
Special notes
None
 

Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 17 0 21 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 6  
2 documented challengers
⊖ John Crane  m 
 		 ⊖ Hubert W. Kitchen  m 
 
Eligible: 5,361 Votes: 4,624 Participation: 86.25% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
36		 Newfoundland and Labrador
24 March 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14688(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
43
PC
 1/3 2,569 55.69% +564 Loser:
LIB
 2,005 43.46% Hubert W. Kitchen

Service: 3 years 5 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,431 Votes: 4,339 Participation: 79.89% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 September 1975
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14557(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/3 1,982 45.78% +604 Loser:
LIBR
 1,378 31.83% Clarence L. Engelbrecht

Service: 3 years 9 months 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,639 Votes: 4,585 Participation: 81.31% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Newfoundland and Labrador
18 June 1979
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14505(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
PC
 1/3 2,420 52.90% +347 Loser:
LIB
 2,073 45.31% Patrick O'Flaherty

Service: 2 years 9 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 5,639 Votes: 4,854 Participation: 86.08% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
39		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14453(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
PC
 1/2 3,394 70.15% +1,950 Loser:
LIB
 1,444 29.85% Carl Cooper

Service: 2 years 11 months 26 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,438 Votes: 5,376 Participation: 83.50% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Newfoundland and Labrador
2 April 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14401(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
56
PC
 1/3 2,729 50.91% +231 Loser:
LIB
 2,498 46.60% John Crane

Service: 4 years 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 6,603 Votes: 5,665 Participation: 85.79% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
41		 Newfoundland and Labrador
20 April 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 14316(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
61		 Successor:
LIB
 3,213 56.96% John Crane

Online biographical reference

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Haig Young		 29 Jul 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 29 Jul 2023 09:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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