James Henry Young

James Henry Young (15 May 1834 – 9 May 1908) was an Australian colonial businessman and politician and Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

James Henry Young (1834-1908), NSW politician

Young was a Minister for Works and a Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, in which he sat for Hastings and Manning. He was Minister of Public Instruction in the Robertson Ministry from December 1885 to February 1886. In March 1887 he was elected Speaker of the Assembly, and was re-elected in February 1889. In October 1890 he resigned. Mr. Young, who has represented his present constituency since 1880, is the son of James Young by his marriage with Maria Druce, and was born at Moor Court, Hampshire, on 15 May 1834. Mr. Young, who commenced life in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's service, finally gave up seafaring for commercial pursuits in 1853, arriving in Sydney in July 1859. He was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Parkes Ministry in August 1890, and held the post, in which he succeeded Bruce Smith, until the retirement of the Cabinet in October 1891. He married in July 1859 at Port Macquarie, N.S.W., Ellen, daughter of Major Kemp.[1][2][3]

References

Mennell, Philip (1892). "Young, Henry James" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
"Mr James Henry Young (1834-1908)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
McMinn, W G (1976). "Young, James Henry (1834 - 1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Edmund Barton	Speaker 1887–1890	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Abbott
Preceded by Robert Smith as Member for Hastings	Member for Hastings and Manning 1880–1894 Served alongside: Andrews; Roberts; Vivian; McKinnon	Succeeded by himself as Member for Manning
Preceded by himself & Hugh McKinnon as Member for Hastings and Manning	Member for Manning 1894–1901	Succeeded by John Thomson
Preceded by Richard Price	Member for Gloucester 1904–1907	Succeeded by Richard Price

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[1] Mennell, Philip (1892). "Young, Henry James" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

[Young_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr James Henry Young (1834-1908)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.

[adb-3] McMinn, W G (1976). "Young, James Henry (1834 - 1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 16 April 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.