Jono Naylor | |
|---|---|
 Naylor in 2015 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for National Party list | |
| In office 20 September 2014 – 23 September 2017 | |
| 28th Mayor of Palmerston North | |
| In office 2007–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Heather Tanguay |
| Succeeded by | Grant Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jonathan Mark Naylor 1966 (age 57–58) Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
| Political party | National Party |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (as Mayor) |
| Spouse | Karen |
| Children | George, Luke and Chloe |
| Website | Official 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]
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]
| 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.
