Editing John Young (section)

== Politics and law==
===Australia===
* [[John Young (Australian politician)]] (1842–1893), New South Wales politician
* [[John Young (jurist)]] (1919–2008), Australian jurist
* [[John Young (judge)]] (born 1952), Australian jurist in the Federal Court of Australia

===Canada===
* [[John Young (seigneur)]] (c. 1759–1819), Scottish-born Canadian land entrepreneur, jurist, and politician
* [[John Young (Canadian politician)]] (1811–1878), member of the Canadian House of Commons
* [[John Young (Gloucester County, New Brunswick politician)]] (1841–1907), Canadian politician
* [[John Young (York County, New Brunswick politician)]] (1854–1934), Canadian politician
* [[John Allan Young]] (1895–1961), Canadian politician in Saskatchewan

===U.K.===
* [[John Young (died 1589)]] (by 1519–1589), English politician, MP
* [[John Young (MP for Marlborough)]], (fl. 1559), English politician, MP for Marlborough
* [[John Young (MP for New Shoreham)]] (fl. 1586–1597), English politician, MP for New Shoreham, Sussex
* [[John Young (Scottish politician)]] (1930–2011), Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament

===U.S.===
* [[John Young (governor)]] (1802–1852), American politician, Governor of New York
* [[John Duncan Young]] (1823–1910), US congressman from Kentucky
* [[J. Smith Young]] (1834–1916), American politician
* [[John Russell Young (politician)]] (1882–1966), 18th president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia
* [[John Andrew Young]] (1916–2002), American politician from Texas
* [[John M. Young]] (1926–2010), American politician from Wisconsin
* [[John Young (Indiana politician)]], American politician from Indiana

===Elsewhere===
* [[John Young (advisor)]] (c. 1742–1835), British-born government advisor in the Kingdom of Hawaii