Wallace Young

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image =  | name = Wallace Young | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | assembly = Newfoundland and Labrador House of | constituency_AM = St. Barbe | term_start = January 30, 2001 | term_end = September 19, 2011 | predecessor = Chuck Furey | successor = Jim Bennett | party = Progressive Conservative | occupation = Businessman | website = }}

'''Wallace''' "'''Wally'''" '''Young''' MHA, is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He represented the district of St. Barbe in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party from 2001 until 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dunderdale2011.ca/our-team/provincial-caucus/wallace-young/|title=Wallace Young PC MHA for St. Barbe District|work=Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador}}</ref> Young was elected in a 2001 by-election and re-elected in the 2003 and 2007 provincial elections. Young was defeated in the 2011 provincial election by former Liberal leader Jim Bennett.<ref name="newfaces">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/plenty-of-new-faces-heading-to-confederation-building-1.997878|title=Plenty of new faces heading to Confederation Building|publisher=CBC News|date=12 October 2011|accessdate=2 May 2018}}</ref>

Young served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development from November 27, 2009 until September 19, 2011.

==Electoral history== {{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Jim Bennett |align="right"|1816 |align="right"|45.05% |align="right"| |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Wallace Young |1778 |44.11% |–}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Diane Ryan |align="right"|437 |align="right"|10.84% |align="right"| |}

{{Election box begin | title=2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Wallace Young |2491 |58.65% |–}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Jim Bennett |align="right"|1560 |align="right"|36.73% |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |B. Gary Noel |align="right"|196 |align="right"|4.62% |align="right"| |}<ref name=cbcnews>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2007/riding/035/ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2007]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Wallace Young |2948 |61.18% |–}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|Liberal|row}} |Liberal |Ralph Payne |align="right"|1577 |align="right"|32.73% |align="right"| |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Holly Patey |align="right"|293 |align="right"|6.08% |align="right"| |}<ref name=cbcnews2>[http://www.cbc.ca/nlvotes2003/riding/035/ Newfoundland & Labrador Votes 2003]. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 22, 2009.</ref>

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