Retirement
Young retired from parliament at the 1990 election, although not before another homosexual law reform bill (promoted by Labour's Fran Wilde), the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986, was successfully passed.
Young died in February 1993 after suffering a heart attack. He was survived by his wife and nine children.
In July 2008 it was announced that his son, Jonathan Young would be seeking the National Party's nomination for the New Plymouth electorate. At the general election held on 8 November, Jonathan Young narrowly defeated incumbent Harry Duynhoven by 105 votes.
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