Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
Finlay McNaughton Young | |
Office: | Senator for Killarney, Manitoba |
Appointed: | Wilfrid Laurier |
Term Start: | 1900 |
Term End: | 1916 |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Turtle Mountain |
Predecessor2: | J. P. Alexander |
Successor2: | John Hettle |
Term Start2: | 1883 |
Term End2: | 1888 |
Office3: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Killarney |
Successor3: | George Lawrence |
Term Start3: | 1888 |
Term End3: | 1899 |
Office4: | 10th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba |
Predecessor4: | Samuel Jackson |
Successor4: | William Hespeler |
Term Start4: | 14 February 1895 |
Term End4: | December 1899 |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1852 |
Birth Place: | St. Chrysostome, Canada East |
Death Place: | Killarney, Manitoba |
Nationality: | British subject |
Party: | Liberal |
Otherparty: | Manitoba Liberal Party |
Occupation: | farmer |
Finlay McNaughton Young (2 April 1852 - 15 February 1916) was a Canadian senator.
Born in St. Chrysostome, Canada East, the son of Duncan Young, he was educated at St. Chrysostome and Montreal. In 1879, he moved to Manitoba. A farmer, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the electoral division of Turtle Mountain in 1883 and re-elected at all the subsequent elections up to 1899. In 1899, he was defeated. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1895 to 1899.
A Liberal, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 30 January 1900 on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He represented the Senate division of Killarney, Manitoba, until his death.