Charles Young (6 October 1825 – 28 February 1908) was a politician in colonial Victoria, Australia.
[1] Young was born at Belfast in Ireland and was educated at Belfast Academy before becoming a sea captain, in which capacity he imported provisions into Ireland from France during the Great Famine.
His wife and children arrived from Ireland in 1854, and he bought a farm at Kyneton, "Abbeyville" c. 1855.
He was a strong opponent of the radical Graham Berry and when Berry was ousted by Bryan O'Loghlen in 1881, was promoted to the ministry, initially as acting Minister of Mines and Agriculture and Water Supply, and then in August that year as Commissioner for Public Works and Minister for Agriculture, serving until the ministry's defeat in March 1883.
[1][2][4][5][6][7] Young moved to the Melbourne suburb of Windsor after entering parliament.