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Mick Young | |
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National President of the Labor Party | |
In office 3 July 1986 – 7 April 1988 | |
Preceded by | Neville Wran |
Succeeded by | John Bannon |
Leader of the House | |
In office 21 January 1984 – 12 February 1988 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Lionel Bowen |
Succeeded by | Kim Beazley |
In office 11 March 1983 – 14 July 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Sir James Killen |
Succeeded by | Lionel Bowen |
Manager of Opposition Business | |
In office 29 December 1977 – 11 February 1980 | |
Leader | Bill Hayden |
Preceded by | Gordon Scholes |
Succeeded by | Chris Hurford |
Member of Parliament for Port Adelaide | |
In office 18 May 1974 – 12 February 1988 | |
Preceded by | Fred Birrell |
Succeeded by | Rod Sawford |
National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party | |
In office 2 April 1969 – 10 July 1973 | |
Preceded by | Cyril Windham |
Succeeded by | David Combe |
Personal details | |
Born | Michael Jerome Young 9 October 1936 Sydney, Australia |
Died | 8 April 1996 Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 59)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | Mary Young (née Dollard) |
Occupation | Shearer, unionist |
Michael Jerome Young (9 October 1936 – 8 April 1996) was an Australian politician. He rose through the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to become its National Secretary, before serving as a Labor member of the House of Representatives from the 1974 election to 1988. He was a senior minister in the Hawke government, and was a prominent political figure during the 1970s and 1980s. Young was also President of the Australian Labor Party from 1986 to 1988.[1]