William Young (Australian politician)

William White Young (1852 – 23 December 1915) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Ayrshire in Scotland to farmer Archibald Young and Mary White.

He was a coal miner in England before migrating to New Zealand in 1879, where he was immediately confined to a Dunedin hospital for a year.

In 1881 he moved to New South Wales, becoming an engine driver by 1883; he was also involved in early attempts at unionisation.

Subsequently a publican at Bathurst, he was elected to the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1900, with the support of both the Protectionist and Labour parties.