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10 Facts About Neville Young

1.

Neville Garde Austen Young was a New Zealand lawyer.

2.

Neville Young served as president of the National Party from 1986 to 1989.

3.

Neville Young was the older brother of jurist William Young.

4.

In 1971, Neville Young married Valerie May McKinon, and the couple went on to have two children.

5.

Neville Young was elected president of the National Party in 1986 after Sue Wood stood down from the role, and remained in office until 1989, when he was challenged and defeated by John Collinge.

6.

Subsequently, Neville Young was not actively involved in the National Party at a senior level.

7.

Neville Young served as a member of the board of trustees of the National Provident Fund.

8.

In 2004, Neville Young was appointed as a member of the rulings panel of the Electricity Commission, to deal with formal complaints of breaches of electricity governance regulations in New Zealand.

9.

In 1990, Neville Young was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.

10.

Neville Young died at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, on 9 February 2019.