14 Facts About Trevor Young

Trevor James Young was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.

The son of Leslie Robert Trevor Young, he grew up in Cambridge and Blenheim, and attended Wellington College.

Trevor Young married Ailsa Hazel Anderson, the daughter of John James Anderson, in 1952.

Trevor Young had other jobs with the New Zealand Forest Service and Ministry of Defence before becoming the general superintendent of the New Zealand Alliance, an organisation opposed to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Trevor Young studied law studies part-time at Victoria University of Wellington, graduating in 1958 with an LLB.

Trevor Young joined the Labour Party and at the 1947 local elections, he was elected a Lower Hutt City Councillor at the age of 22.

Trevor Young remained a member of the city council until 1968 when he resigned upon his election to Parliament.

Trevor Young represented the electorate of Hutt in Parliament from 1968 to 1978, and then the Eastern Hutt electorate from 1978 to 1990, when he was replaced by Paul Swain.

Trevor Young was the chair of the New Zealand branch of Parliamentarians for Global Action.

Trevor Young was Shadow Minister of Energy, Shadow Minister of Tourism and Shadow Minister of Police.

The agreement was reaffirmed after Trevor Young won the vote and was given a standing ovation by the 250 members in attendance.

Trevor Young was likewise a member of Amnesty International and patron of the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards from 1987 to 1995.

Trevor Young studied to learn Swedish and became a director of Ansvar Insurance.

Trevor Young remained politically active and even at the age of 80 was delivering leaflets and canvassing votes at the 2011 election for Rimutaka Labour MP Chris Hipkins.