{{Short description|New Zealand politician (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Lawrence Yule | image = Lawrence Yule 2013.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}} | constituency_MP = Tukituki | parliament = New Zealand | term_start = 23 September 2017 | term_end = 17 October 2020 | predecessor = Craig Foss | successor = Anna Lorck | office1 = Mayor of Hastings | predecessor1 = Jeremy Dwyer | successor1 = Sandra Hazlehurst | term_start1 = 2001 | term_end1 = 2017 | deputy1 = | party = National | signature = | spouse = Kerryn (wife) | children = | alma_mater = | website = | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|JP|size=100%}} }} '''Lawrence Arden Yule''' (born 1963)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.nz/media/6305/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf |title=Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards |date=24 May 2019 |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |accessdate=3 September 2020}}</ref> is a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Hastings from 2001 to 2017, and a Member of Parliament representing the Tukituki electorate for the National Party from 2017 to 2020.
==Political career== ===Mayor of Hastings=== Yule became mayor of Hastings in 2001.<ref name=":0" /> In this role he presided over the Hastings District Council. When elected he was the youngest person to become mayor of Hastings.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lgnz.co.nz/home/about-lgnz/lgnz-national-council-test/lawrence-yule/|title=Lawrence Yule {{!}} We are. LGNZ.|website=www.lgnz.co.nz|language=en|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>
In 2016, the Hastings district was hit by an outbreak of campylobacter in drinking water which affected thousands of people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/83603780/second-elderly-woman-dies-after-contracting-campylobacter-in-outbreak|title=Second elderly woman dies after contracting campylobacter in outbreak|last=Sharpe|first=Marty|date=26 August 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/83463744/hastings-mayor-puts-councillor-on-notice-over-gastro-outbreak-claims|title=Hastings mayor puts councillor on notice over gastro outbreak claims|last=Sharpe|first=Marty|date=23 August 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=12 February 2017}}</ref>
In the last mayoral election he stood in, in 2016, Yule received more than 3,000 more votes than his closest rival.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hawkes-bay/85133477/support-for-hastings-mayor-lawrence-yule-strong-despite-gastro-bug|title=Support for Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule strong despite gastro bug|last=Hunt|first=Megan|date=9 October 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11725127|title="Humbled" Yule says he doesn't want to let Hastings down|last=Chatterton|first=Tracey|date=8 October 2016|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> Yule announced that his sixth term, starting in 2016, would be his last as mayor.<ref name=":1" />
=== National politics === {{NZ parlbox header|align=left}} {{NZ parlbox |term=52nd |start={{NZ election link year|2017}} |end=2020 |list=67 |party=New Zealand National Party |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Tukituki}} }} {{End}} After National MP Craig Foss announced his retirement from politics in December 2016.<ref name=":0" /> Yule announced his intention to be selected as the National Party candidate for the electorate of Tukituki and in February 2017, he was selected to contest the 2017 general election.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11804946 |title=Hastings mayor Lawerence Yule successful in bid for National Party selection |work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=22 February 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/88382592/hastings-mayor-lawrence-yule-to-seek-tukituki-nomination |title=Hastings' mayor Lawrence Yule to seek Tukituki nomination |last=Livingston |first=Tommy |date=14 January 2017| work=Stuff|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref> Yule defeated the Labour Party's Anna Lorck, who Yule had previously hired as a public relations consultant for local election campaigns.<ref name=":0" /> Yule resigned as Hastings Mayor, resulting in a by-election held in November 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11947761 |title=Hastings elects first woman mayor |work=New Zealand Herald |date=25 November 2017}}</ref>
In the 2020 New Zealand general election, Yule stood again for Tukituki, again against Anna Lorck. Yule lost the electorate to Lorck by 1,590 votes,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tukituki - Official Result|url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-54.html|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Electoral Commission}}</ref> in an election that saw National lose 18 of its 41 electorate seats.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cooke|first=Henry|date=2020-10-17|title=Election 2020: National Party's complete bloodbath, but Judith Collins staying on|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300135363/election-2020-national-partys-complete-bloodbath-but-judith-collins-staying-on|access-date=2020-10-21|work=Stuff|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-06|title=Special votes: National loses two MPs, one each to Labour, Māori Party|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/430006/special-votes-national-loses-two-mps-one-each-to-labour-maori-party|access-date=2020-11-06|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref> The day after the election, Yule admitted defeat and said he had no plans for his future yet.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gilbertson|first=Georgia-May|date=2020-10-18|title=Election 2020: National's Lawrence Yule on being ousted in Tukituki after 20 years in Hawke's Bay politics|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/123125236/election-2020-nationals-lawrence-yule-on-being-ousted-in-tukituki-after-20-years-in-hawkes-bay-politics|access-date=2020-10-21|work=Stuff|language=en}}</ref>
=== Other roles === Yule was the president of Local Government New Zealand.<ref name=":0" /> He is also a justice of the peace.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=247256842&privcapId=271776068|title=Lawrence Yule JP: Executive Profile & Biography – Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>
==Personal life== Yule is married to his wife Kerryn.<ref name=":3" /> He has four adult children.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://lawrenceyule.national.org.nz/national_selects_yule_for_tukituki |title= Yule selected as candidate |publisher= New Zealand National Party }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Jeremy Dwyer}} {{s-ttl|title=Mayor of Hastings|years=2001–2017}} {{s-aft|after=Sandra Hazlehurst}} {{s-break}} {{s-par|nz}} {{s-bef|before=Craig Foss}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Tukituki|years=2017–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Anna Lorck}} {{s-end}} {{subject bar|auto=y|d=y|Politics|New Zealand}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yule, Lawrence}} Category:Living people Category:1963 births Category:21st-century mayors of places in New Zealand Category:Mayors of Hastings, New Zealand Category:People from Hastings, New Zealand Category:New Zealand National Party MPs Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Category:Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election Category:New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates Category:New Zealand justices of the peace