Kay Young

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| office1 = MHA for Terra Nova

| term_start1 = 1993

| term_end1 = 1996

| predecessor1 = Glen Greening

| successor1 = Tom Lush

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Caroline Kate (Kay) Young (born January 30, 1944) is a former Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Terra Nova in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1993 to 1996 as a member of the Liberal Party.{{cite book|title=The Canadian parliamentary guide|year=1995|page=737}}

The daughter of Wallace Diamond and Nellie Emberley, she was born Caroline Kate Diamond in Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador and was educated at Memorial University. She was a teacher in Lethbridge from 1967 to 1993. She married Walter Young.

She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Glen Greening to win a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1993.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/terra-nova-1.1119998 |title=Terra Nova |publisher=CBC News}} Young was Minister of Social Services and Minister responsible for the Status of Women. She ran unsuccessfully in the redistributed riding of Bonavista South in 1996, losing to Roger Fitzgerald.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/canada/nlvotes2011/ridings/005/ |title=Bonavista South |work=Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2011 |publisher=CBC News}}