Kay Young
MHA for Terra Nova
In office
1993–1996
Preceded byGlen Greening
Succeeded byTom Lush
Personal details
Political partyLiberal

Caroline Kate (Kay) Young (born January 30, 1944) is a Canadian former politician. She represented the riding of Terra Nova in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1993 to 1996 as a member of the Liberal Party.[1]

The daughter of Wallace Diamond and Nellie Emberley, she was born Caroline Kate Diamond in Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador and was educated at Memorial University. She was a teacher in Lethbridge from 1967 to 1993. She married Walter Young.[1]

She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Glen Greening to win a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1993.[2] Young was Minister of Social Services and Minister responsible for the Status of Women.[1] She ran unsuccessfully in the redistributed riding of Bonavista South in 1996, losing to Roger Fitzgerald.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Canadian parliamentary guide. 1995. p. 737.
  2. ↑ "Terra Nova". CBC News.
  3. ↑ "Bonavista South". Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011. CBC News.


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