Walter D. Young was a Canadian political scientist who has written several books that are considered the definitive resources for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the New Democratic Party. His experiences as a democratic socialist in Canada led to his involvement in the founding of the NDP, provincial politics in British Columbia, and a variety of educational initiatives at The University of British Columbia and The University of Victoria. Personal life Walter D. Young was born in 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba to William and Isabel Eunice Young with two older siblings: Sheila and Irvine. At a young age, he moved to Victoria, British Columbia. Young predeceased his wife Beryl and his three children: Jeremy, Margot and Brian. Margot Young is currently a law professor at University of British Columbia's Peter A. Allard School of Law. Academic career Education Walter Young received an Honours BA in History and English from University of British Columbia in 1955, at which point he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. As a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, he completed a BA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (1957) and an MA in 1957. Young completed a Ph.D from The University of Toronto in 1965 by publishing a thesis titled The National CCF: Political Party and Political Movement. Early career In 1957, Young returned to Canada to accept a one-year teaching position at Royal Roads Military College in Victoria. After that year, Young took a teaching position at The United College (now the University of Winnipeg). The day after arriving in Winnipeg for the new position, newspapers broke the story about the firing of Harry S. Crowe. Along with many other staff members, Young resigned in protest of the schools decision to fire Crowe based on his criticism of the university's president. He posthumously received the Milner Memorial Award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers in response to his resignation. In search of a new position, Young took a one year research post at the University of Manitoba before completing his Ph.D. University of British Columbia In 1962, Young was appointed to the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and served as the head of that department from 1969 to 1973. While at UBC, Young founded BC Studies to promote study of politics in British Columbia While at UBC, Young founded and served as director of The BC Legislative Internship Programme and