About William Thomas Young
Lived 1870 – 1953 (aged 82–83). William Thomas Young was a New Zealand trade unionist.
William Thomas Young (27 April 1870 – 20 September 1953) was a New Zealand seaman and trade unionist.
Biography Young was born in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand in 1870. He married Margaret Anne Craig in 1906. He stood in the for the original Labour Party in the electorate and was again defeated in the first ballot. In 1918 he was nominated by the Painters Union for the Labour nomination in the Wellington South by-election, but was defeated by Bob Semple.
Young was a Labour Party candidate in several Wellington municipal elections in 1905, 1907, 1913, 1915, 1921, 1923, 1925 and 1927.
He died at Karori, Wellington.
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Who was William Thomas Young?
Seaman, trade unionist
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William Thomas Young was born in 1870.
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William Thomas Young died in 1953.
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William Thomas Young was a trade unionist.
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William Thomas Young was New Zealand.
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· Wikipedia: William Thomas Young
· DBpedia: Tom Young (trade unionist)
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