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Jono Naylor
Grant Smith
Personal details
Born
Jonathan Mark Naylor

1966 (age 57–58)
Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Political partyNational Party
Other political
affiliations		Independent (as Mayor)
SpouseKaren
ChildrenGeorge, Luke and Chloe
WebsiteOfficial council website 2014 campaign website

Jonathan Mark Naylor (born 1966),[1] commonly known as Jono Naylor, is a New Zealand politician from Palmerston North. He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 2007 until 2014, when he was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2014 election as a list MP for the National Party. He did not stand for re-election as an MP in 2017. In 2018 he was elected to Horizons Regional Council in the by-election following the death of Councillor Pat Kelly. He was re-elected to Horizons in the 2019 local election and was appointed as Horizons deputy chair.[2]

Early life

Naylor was born in Upper Hutt and raised in Wellington, Auckland, and Masterton before moving to Palmerston North to study at Massey University in 1985. In 1997, he earned a Bachelor of Social Work. He is married with three children.[3]

Political career

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate List Party
2014–2017 51st List 51 National

Naylor became a member of the city council in 2001 and was elected mayor in 2007, defeating incumbent Heather Tanguay.[4]

Naylor sought the nomination of the National Party for candidacy in the Palmerston North electorate for the 2014 election and was the sole nominee.[5] He promised to resign as mayor if elected to Parliament.[5] Naylor was beaten in the election by the incumbent, Labour's Iain Lees-Galloway.[6] Naylor was in 51st place on National's party list,[7] and based on preliminary results, he was returned as a list MP, but this was not certain as the counting of special votes might have changed the number of List MPs elected for National.[8]

He declined to resign as long as his election as an MP was not guaranteed, with final results of the election being published on 4 October. This caused some protest, as he was meanwhile drawing two salaries.

Grant Smith was elected in his place in February 2015.[12]

He announced in late 2016 that he would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election.

References

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  2. ^ "Horizons divided as it elects Rachel Keedwell as its chairwoman". Stuff. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Jono Naylor – Palmerston North Mayor". Palmerston North City Council. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. The Sunday Star-Times. Archived from the original
    on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  5. ^
    Manawatu Standard
    . Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  6. Manawatu Standard
    . 20 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. ^ "National mixes experience and new talent in 2014 list" (Press release). National Party. Scoop. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  8. ^
    Manawatu Standard
    . Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  9. Manawatu Standard
    . Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  10. Manawatu Standard
    . Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  11. ^ Rutherford, Hamish (4 October 2014). "National loses majority, Greens pick up one". Stuff. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Grant Smith elected". Manawatu Standard. 10 February 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Palmerston North
2007–2014 		Succeeded by
Grant Smith
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