Trevor Young

Trevor James Young (28 August 1925 – 13 May 2012) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

Biography Early life Young was born in 1925 in Turua on the Hauraki Plains. The son of Leslie Robert Young, he grew up in Cambridge and Blenheim,

Political career

Young joined the Labour Party and at the 1947 local elections, he was elected a Lower Hutt City Councillor at the age of 22. He remained a member of the city council until 1968 when he resigned upon his election to Parliament.

He was also associated with the temperance (prohibition) movement. He was likewise a member of Amnesty International and patron of the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards from 1987 to 1995.

In the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours, Young was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.

Later life and death Young studied to learn Swedish and became a director of Ansvar Insurance. He remained politically active and even at the age of 80 was delivering leaflets and canvassing votes at the for Rimutaka Labour MP Chris Hipkins.

On 13 May 2012, Young died at the age of 86.