Caroline Kate (Kay) Young (born January 30, 1944) is a
Canadian former 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.
The daughter of Wallace Diamond and Nellie Emberley, she was born Caroline Kate Diamond in
Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador
Whitbourne is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in Division 1.
History
Whitbourne, Newfoundland's first inland town, is named after Sir Richard Whitbourne, one of the most colourful early settlers of Newfound ...
and was educated at
Memorial University. She was a teacher in
Lethbridge
Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...
from 1967 to 1993. She married Walter Young.
She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent
Glen Greening to win a seat in the
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
assembly in 1993. Young was Minister of Social Services and Minister responsible for the Status of Women.
She ran unsuccessfully in the redistributed riding of
Bonavista South
Bonavista South is a former provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011 the district had 6,843 eligible voters.
It contains the communities of: Bonavista, Spillars Cove, Birchy Cove, ...
in 1996, losing to
Roger Fitzgerald.
References
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs
Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador
Living people
1944 births
People from Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador
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