Wallace "Wally" Young MHA

Member of the House of Assembly

A Member of the House of Assembly is a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in Canada.Other Provinces and TerritoriesMembers of other Canadian provincial and territorial assemblies employ the titles:...

, is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

, Canada

Canada

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. He represented the district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 of St. Barbe

St. Barbe (electoral district)

St. Barbe is a provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As of 2011, there were 7,064 eligible voters living within the district....

 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Newfoundland and Labrador General Assembly meets in the Confederation Building at St...

 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

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 from 2001 until 2011.

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

Electoral history

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|Liberal
|Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett (politician)

Jim Bennett is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. He ran in St. Barbe during the 2007 general election but lost to Wallace Young. Bennett previously served as leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and...

|align="right"|1816
|align="right"|45.05%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Wallace Young
|align="right"|1778
|align="right"|44.11%
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|NDP
|Diane Ryan
|align="right"|437
|align="right"|10.84%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Wallace Young
|align="right"|2491
|align="right"|58.65%
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|Liberal
|Jim Bennett
|align="right"|1560
|align="right"|36.73%
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|NDP
|B. Gary Noel
|align="right"|196
|align="right"|4.62%
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|Progressive Conservative
|Wallace Young
|align="right"|2948
|align="right"|61.18%
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|Liberal
|Ralph Payne
|align="right"|1577
|align="right"|32.73%
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|NDP
|Holly Patey
|align="right"|293
|align="right"|6.08%
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External links

• Wallace Young's PC Party biography