resigned as Speaker on 21 October 1890. His financial position recovered and he was appointed Secretary for Public Works in the fifth Parkes ministry on 14 August 1891 and held the post until the retirement of the ministry on 22 October 1891. Multi-member electorates were abolished in 1894 and Young successfully contested the new district of The Manning. He was appointed Secretary for Public Works in the Reid ministry on 3 August 1894 until a reshuffle on 3 July 1899 saw him moved to be Secretary for Lands. He assisted Sydney Smith at the 1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election against Edmund Barton. Justice William Owen was subsequently appointed to conduct a Royal Commission into allegations concerning his conduct during the by-election, The major allegation was that the effect of Young's statements were that he would favour Smith more than Barton in dealing with the requirements of the electorate. Justice Owen found Young had not abused the powers of his office, however rebuked him for a "grave indiscretion" in the way he spoke. He was defeated for The Manning at the 1901 election by John Thomson. The Manning was abolished as a consequence of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, and partly absorbed by Gloucester. The sitting member for Gloucester, Richard Price, did not contest the election and Young defeated John Thompson at the Gloucester at the 1904 election, however the return of Richard Price saw Young defeated at the 1907 election. Later life and death He died of heart failure in Chatswood on , survived by his wife Ellen, six daughters and two sons. References 1834 births 1908 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Speakers of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians