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♂ Meredith Douglas Young
aliasMeredith Douglas Young
Record
66667 · 463

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 1 3
New Brunswick 3 0 3
Total 5 1 6
Birth 20 September 1940
Age 83 years + 7 months
First mandate 23 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 38 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 26 years + 10 months ago (1 June 1997)
Special notes
None
 
Meredith Douglas Young (1940– )
© Photo 1994 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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
Canada 8 6 8
New Brunswick 9 10 7 Z
TOTAL 18 4 15

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NB 49–50
LIB
 1 Party leader 41–42 01 Feb 1982 — 31 Jan 1983 0 11 30
2. NB 49–50
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 41–42 01 Feb 1982 — 31 Jan 1983 0 11 30
3. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 53–55 04 Nov 1993 — 24 Jan 1996 2 2 20
4. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 53–56 04 Nov 1993 — 10 Jun 1997 3 7 6
5. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 55 25 Jan 1996 — 11 Jul 1996 0 5 16
6. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 55–56 12 Jul 1996 — 03 Oct 1996 0 2 21
7. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 56 04 Oct 1996 — 10 Jun 1997 0 8 6
8. CA 35
LIB
 1 Minister 56 04 Oct 1996 — 10 Jun 1997 0 8 6
 3. Transport
 4. New Brunswick [Without portfolio]
 5. Employment and Immigration
 6. Human Resources Development
 7. National Defence
 8. Veterans Affairs

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Jean L. Gauvin  m 
⊕ Serge Robichaud  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Yvon Godin  m 
 
Eligible: 9,253 Votes: 7,786 Participation: 84.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
49		 New Brunswick
23 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8480(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
38
LIB
 1/3 4,374 57.03% +1,884 Loser:
PC
 2,490 32.46% George McLaughlin

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,435 Votes: 9,288 Participation: 89.01% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
50		 New Brunswick
12 October 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 1799(F) — 14 Sep 2021 22:05 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
LIB
 1/4 5,308 57.43% +1,868 Loser:
PC
 3,440 37.22% Henri Thomas

Service: 5 years (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,331 Votes: 9,937 Participation: 87.70% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
13 October 1987
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 1741(F) — 12 Feb 2022 16:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
LIB
 1/4 5,787 58.60% +2,706 Loser:
PC
 3,081 31.20% Colette McGraw
After his election:
1 Sep 1988 47
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 10 months 19 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 11,764 Votes: 6,701 Participation: 56.96% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
51		 New Brunswick
14 November 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10953(F) — 22 Jul 2021 09:36 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
48		 Successor:
LIB
 5,359 82.89% Denis Losier
Eligible: inc. Votes: 39,135 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
34		 New Brunswick
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3519(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
48
LIB
 1/3 20,251 51.75% +3,530 Loser:
PC
 16,721 42.73% Jean L. Gauvin

Service: 4 years 11 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 55,413 Votes: 41,553 Participation: 74.99% Candidacies: 3
Federal
35		 New Brunswick
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3220(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 26,843 66.41% +15,681 Loser:
PC
 11,162 27.62% Luce-Andrée Gauthier

Service: 3 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,912 Votes: 53,412 Participation: 78.65% Candidacies: 3
Federal
36		 New Brunswick
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2919(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
56
LIB
 2/3 18,421 35.36% -2,692 Winner:
NDP
 21,113 40.53% Yvon Godin

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. M. Douglas Young, P.C., Q.C., M.P.		 21 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. M. Douglas Young, C.P., c.r., député		 21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Doug Young (politician)		 21 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Doug Young (homme politique)		 21 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
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