Edward James Young

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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|cabinet =

|term_start = 1925

|term_end = 1935

|predecessor = John Morrison

|successor = Tommy Douglas

|birth_date = January 16, 1878

|birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|10|17|1878|1|16}}

|death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

|profession = farmer

|party = Liberal

|constituency_MP = Weyburn

|parliament = Canadian

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Edward James Young (January 16, 1878 – October 17, 1966) was a Canadian politician and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1925 as a Member of the Liberal Party representing the riding of Weyburn. He was re-elected to Weyburn in 1926 and 1930 but defeated in 1935 by Tommy Douglas of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in his first election.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7486|nolist=yes}}

He is portrayed in the 2006 CBC Television special Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story by Nicholas Campbell.