Mick Young

Mick Young
National President of the Labor Party
In office
3 July 1986 – 7 April 1988
Preceded byNeville Wran
Succeeded byJohn Bannon
Leader of the House
In office
21 January 1984 – 12 February 1988
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Preceded byLionel Bowen
Succeeded byKim Beazley
In office
11 March 1983 – 14 July 1983
Prime MinisterBob Hawke
Preceded bySir James Killen
Succeeded byLionel Bowen
Manager of Opposition Business
In office
29 December 1977 – 11 February 1980
LeaderBill Hayden
Preceded byGordon Scholes
Succeeded byChris Hurford
Member of Parliament for Port Adelaide
In office
18 May 1974 – 12 February 1988
Preceded byFred Birrell
Succeeded byRod Sawford
National Secretary of the
Australian Labor Party
In office
2 April 1969 – 10 July 1973
Preceded byCyril Windham
Succeeded byDavid Combe
Personal details
Born
Michael Jerome Young

(1936-10-09)9 October 1936
Sydney, Australia
Died8 April 1996(1996-04-08) (aged 59)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseMary Young (née Dollard)
OccupationShearer, 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]