Jono Naylor

Jono Naylor
Jono Naylor in 2015
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party list
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 September 2014
28th Mayor of Palmerston North
In office 2007–2014
Preceded by	Heather Tanguay
Succeeded by	Grant Smith
Personal details
Born	Jonathan Mark Naylor 1966/1967[1] Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Nationality	New Zealand
Political party	National Party
Other political affiliations	Independent (as Mayor)
Spouse(s)	Karen
Children	George, Luke and Chloe
Religion	Christianity
Website	Official council website 2014 campaign website

Jonathan Mark "Jono" Naylor (born 1966/1967) is a New Zealand politician from Palmerston North. He was Mayor of Palmerston North from 2007 to 2014, when he was elected to the House of Representatives in the 2014 election as a list MP for the National Party.

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.^[2]

Political career

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

Naylor became a member of the city council in 2001 and was elected Mayor in 2007, defeating incumbent Heather Tanguay.^[3]

Naylor sought the nomination of the National Party for candidacy in the Palmerston North electorate for the 2014 election and was the sole nominee.^[4] He promised to resign as Mayor if elected to Parliament.^[4] Naylor was beaten in the election by the incumbent, Labour's Iain Lees-Galloway.^[5] Naylor was in 51st place on National's party list,^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[7] The delay in decision making also meant that a by-election for mayor could not be held before year's end, and would thus be held during February, with campaigning falling into the main holiday period; Lees-Galloway suggested that Naylor should meanwhile donate one of his salaries.^[8] When the final results did come out, Naylor's election was confirmed, but he was now the lowest-ranked National MP, with Maureen Pugh in 52nd place having lost her place in Parliament. Naylor announced that his resignation as Mayor is to follow shortly.^[9][10] Grant Smith was elected in his place in February 2015.^[11]

References

1. "Getting to know your new city councillors". Manawatu Evening Standard. 16 October 2001. p. 9 February 2015.
2. "Jono Naylor - Palmerston North Mayor". Palmerston North City Council. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
3. Knight, Kim (14 October 2007). "Local Elections: Banks is back: now for war". Sunday Star Times. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
4. Rankin, Janine (13 May 2014). "Mayor Jono Naylor to stand for National". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
5. "Lees-Galloway returned as MP". Manawatu Standard. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
6. "National mixes experience and new talent in 2014 list" (Press release). National Party. Scoop. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
7. Rankin, Janine (29 September 2014). "Naylor pockets two jobs' salaries". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
8. Dallas, Matthew (3 October 2014). "Stay on a little longer, Jono". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
9. Townend, Lucy (4 October 2014). "Naylor confirmed as MP". Manawatu Standard. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
10. Rutherford, Hamish (4 October 2014). "National loses majority, Greens pick up one". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
11. "Grant Smith elected". Manawatu Standard. 10 February 2015.