Jonathan Mark Naylor (born 1966), commonly known as Jono Naylor, is a New Zealand politician from

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. He was

Mayor of Palmerston North The Mayor of Palmerston North is the head of the municipal government of Palmerston North, New Zealand, and presides over the Palmerston North City Council. The current mayor is Grant Smith, who became mayor in a February 2015 by-election. This ...

from 2007 until 2014, when he was elected to the

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in the 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.

Early life

Naylor was born in

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and raised in

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, and Masterton before moving to

to study at Massey University in 1985. In 1997, he earned a Bachelor of Social Work. He is married with three children.

Political career

Naylor became a member of the city council in 2001 and was elected mayor in 2007, defeating incumbent Heather Tanguay. Naylor sought the nomination of the National Party for candidacy in the electorate for the and was the sole nominee. He promised to resign as mayor if elected to Parliament. Naylor was beaten in the election by the incumbent, Labour's Iain Lees-Galloway. Naylor was in 51st place on National's party list, 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. 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. 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. When the final results did come out, Naylor's election was confirmed, but he was now the lowest-ranked National MP, with

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in 52nd place having lost her place in Parliament. Naylor announced that his resignation as mayor is to follow shortly. Grant Smith was elected in his place in February 2015. He announced in late 2016 that he would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election.

References

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