Young John 1811-1878 Born At Ayr Scotland Came To Canada 1826
In 1837 raised a regiment of volunteers and served during the Rebellion.
In 1841 partner of the firm of Stephens, Young & Company of Montreal;
connected with the construction in 1845 of the railway line to Portland,
Maine, through which Montreal secured a winter port. It was largely by
his efforts that the railway from Montreal to Kingston was built; and
the Victoria Bridge, the deepening of Lake St. Peter, and the
enlargement of the Welland, St. Lawrence, and Lachine canals were also
due to a considerable extent to his broad policy. In 1851 commissioner
of public works in the Hincks-Morin Cabinet. During his brief
administration organized the Canadian exhibit at London, 1851; and
subsidized steamships between Montreal and Liverpool. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era)
Commissioner of public works in Hincks-Morin ministry, 113; resigns and
replaced by J. Chabot, 126. =Bib.=: Dent, Last Forty Years.