{{short description|New Zealand politician}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jono Naylor |image = Jono Naylor 491.jpg |alt = |caption = Naylor in 2015 | constituency_MP = National Party list | parliament = New Zealand | majority = | predecessor = | successor = | term_start = 20 September 2014 | term_end = 23 September 2017
|order5 = 28th |office5 = Mayor of Palmerston North |term_start5 = 2007 |term_end5 = 2014 |predecessor5 = Heather Tanguay |successor5 = Grant Smith |birth_name = Jonathan Mark Naylor |birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}} |birth_place = Upper Hutt, New Zealand |death_date = |death_place = |party = National Party |other_party = Independent (as Mayor) |spouse = Karen |partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> |relations = |children = George, Luke and Chloe |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |signature_alt= |website = {{URL|http://www.palmerstonnorth.com/yourcouncil/mayor-and-elected-members/jono-naylor-palmerston-north-mayor/|Official council website}} {{URL|http://jononaylor.co.nz/|2014 campaign website}} |footnotes = }} '''Jonathan Mark Naylor''' (born 1966),<ref>{{Cite book |last=James |first=Colin |title=National at 80: The Story of the New Zealand National Party |year=2017 |place=Auckland |publisher=David Bateman Ltd |isbn=9781869539818}}</ref> 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 {{NZ election link|2014}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-22|title=Horizons divided as it elects Rachel Keedwell as its chairwoman|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116774390/horizons-divided-as-it-elects-rachel-keedwell-as-its-chairwoman|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="Mayoral profile">{{cite web|title=Jono Naylor – Palmerston North Mayor |url=http://www.palmerstonnorth.com/yourcouncil/mayor-and-elected-members/jono-naylor-palmerston-north-mayor/ |publisher=Palmerston North City Council |accessdate=4 October 2014 |date=17 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112521/http://www.palmerstonnorth.com/yourcouncil/mayor-and-elected-members/jono-naylor-palmerston-north-mayor/ |archivedate= 6 October 2014 }}</ref>
==Political career== {{NZ parlbox header|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |term=51st |start={{NZ election link year|2014}} |end=2017 |list=51 |party=New Zealand National Party |electorate=List }} {{End}} Naylor became a member of the city council in 2001 and was elected mayor in 2007, defeating incumbent Heather Tanguay.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kim |last=Knight |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/news/16697 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807072249/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-star-times/news/16697 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 August 2017 |title=Local Elections: Banks is back: now for war |work=The Sunday Star-Times |accessdate=4 October 2014 |date=14 October 2007 }}</ref>
Naylor sought the nomination of the National Party for candidacy in the {{NZ electorate link|Palmerston North}} electorate for the {{NZ election link|2014}} and was the sole nominee.<ref name="2014 candidacy">{{cite news| url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/10039351/Mayor-Jono-Naylor-to-stand-for-National |first=Janine |last=Rankin |title=Mayor Jono Naylor to stand for National |work=Manawatu Standard |date=13 May 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2014}}</ref> He promised to resign as mayor if elected to Parliament.<ref name="2014 candidacy" /> Naylor was beaten in the election by the incumbent, Labour's Iain Lees-Galloway.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lees-Galloway returned as MP |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/10524338/Lees-Galloway-returned-as-MP |accessdate=4 October 2014 |work=Manawatu Standard |date=20 September 2014}}</ref> Naylor was in 51st place on National's party list,<ref>{{cite press release |url= http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1407/S00523/national-mixes-experience-and-new-talent-in-2014-list.htm |title=National mixes experience and new talent in 2014 list |publisher=National Party |agency=Scoop |date=27 July 2014 |accessdate=27 July 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref name="two salaries">{{cite news| url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/10556736/Naylor-pockets-two-jobs-salaries |first=Janine |last=Rankin |title=Naylor pockets two jobs' salaries |work=Manawatu Standard |date=29 September 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2014}}</ref>
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.<ref name="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.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/opinion/10575778/Stay-on-a-little-longer-Jono |first=Matthew |last=Dallas |title=Stay on a little longer, Jono |work=Manawatu Standard |date=3 October 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2014}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/10580275/Naylor-confirmed-as-MP |first=Lucy |last=Townend |title=Naylor confirmed as MP |work=Manawatu Standard |date=4 October 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rutherford |first1=Hamish |title=National loses majority, Greens pick up one |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/election-results-2014/10580208/National-loses-majority-Greens-pick-up-one |accessdate=4 October 2014 |publisher=Stuff |date=4 October 2014}}</ref> Grant Smith was elected in his place in February 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/66018318/Grant-Smith-elected-mayor-of-Palmerston-North|title=Grant Smith elected|work=Manawatu Standard|date=10 February 2015}}</ref>
He announced in late 2016 that he would not seek re-election at the 2017 general election.
In 2018 he returned to local government,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Galuszka |first1=Jono |title=Horizons by-election winner Jono Naylor has second-lowest spend |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/109286789/horizons-byelection-winner-jono-naylor-has-secondlowest-spend |access-date=19 October 2025 |publisher=Stuff |date=12 December 2018}}</ref> being elected to the Horizons Regional Council at a by-election. He was re-elected to the council in 2019,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Craig |title=DECLARATION OF RESULT OF ELECTION |url=https://www.horizons.govt.nz/HRC/media/Media/Elections/2019ElectionResults.pdf?ext=.pdf |website=Horizons Regional Council |access-date=19 October 2025}}</ref> 2022,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grant |first1=Craig |title=DECLARATION OF RESULT |url=https://www.electionz.com/LGE2022Results/ELT99HRC22_Results.pdf |website=Horizons Regional Council |access-date=19 October 2025}}</ref> and 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lampp |first1=Warwick |title=DECLARATION OF RESULT |url=https://www.electionz.com/LGE2025Results/EL6324HZ_Result.pdf |publisher=Horizons Regional Council}}</ref>
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before = Heather Tanguay}} {{s-ttl | title = Mayor of Palmerston North |years = 2007–2014}} {{s-aft | after = Grant Smith}} {{end}}
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