| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Sir Alexander Young | |
| Order2: | 9th Minister of Health |
| Primeminister2: | George Forbes |
| Term Start2: | 22 September 1931 |
| Term End2: | 6 December 1935 |
| Predecessor2: | Arthur Stallworthy |
| Successor2: | Peter Fraser |
| Primeminister3: | Gordon Coates |
| Term Start3: | 18 January 1926 |
| Term End3: | 10 December 1928 |
| Predecessor3: | Maui Pomare |
| Successor3: | Arthur Stallworthy |
| Constituency Mp5: | Hamilton |
| Parliament5: | New Zealand |
| Term Start5: | 7 December 1922 |
| Term End5: | 27 November 1935 |
| Successor5: | Charles Barrell |
| Constituency Mp6: | Waikato |
| Parliament6: | New Zealand |
| Term Start6: | 14 December 1911 |
| Term End6: | 7 December 1922 |
| Predecessor6: | Henry Greenslade |
| Successor6: | Frederick Lye |
| Order7: | 16th Mayor of Hamilton |
| Term Start7: | May 1909 |
| Term End7: | May 1912 |
| Predecessor7: | James Bond |
| Successor7: | Arthur Manning |
| Birth Date: | 23 March 1875 |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Sir James Alexander Young (23 March 1875 – 17 April 1956), known as Alexander Young,[1] was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.
Young was born in Auckland in 1875 to Irish immigrant parents from County Sligo. He was by profession a dentist. He was elected to the Hamilton Borough Council at the young age of 22.[2] He was Mayor of Hamilton from 1909 to 1912.
He then represented the Waikato electorate from 1911 to 1922, and then the Hamilton electorate from 1922 to 1935, when he was defeated.
He was Minister of Health (18 January 1926 – 10 December 1928) and Minister of Industries and Commerce (28 November 1928 – 10 December 1928) in the Coates Ministry of the Reform Government of New Zealand. He was Minister of Health (22 September 1931 – 6 December 1935), Minister of Immigration (22 September 1931 – 6 December 1935) and Minister of Internal Affairs (28 January 1933 – 6 December 1935) in the United Government.
He was Chairman of Committees from 24 July 1923 to 14 October 1925.
In 1935, Young was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[3]
He was vice-president of the New Zealand Alliance in 1929, and was on the Waikato Licensing Bench for fourteen years. He was on the Board of Governors of Hamilton High School and chairman of the Hospital Board.
He died in 1956 and was buried at the Hamilton East Cemetery.[4]
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