Finlay McNaughton Young explained

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.

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