William Thomas Young (27 April 1870 – 20 September 1953) was a New Zealand seaman and trade unionist.
Young was born in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand in 1870. He married Margaret Anne Craig in 1906.
He stood in the as an independent Labour candidate in the electorate and was defeated in the first ballot.[1] He stood in the for the original Labour Party in the electorate and was again defeated in the first ballot.[2] 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.[3] 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.