Shane Jones
Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives for the New Zealand First party.
Shane Jones | |
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Jones in April 2018 | |
| 3rd Minister for Infrastructure | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | Steven Joyce |
| Succeeded by | Grant Robertson |
| 31st Minister for Forestry | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
| Preceded by | Vacant (last held by David Carter) |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Nash |
| 1st Minister for Regional Economic Development | |
| In office 26 October 2017 – 6 November 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Jacinda Ardern |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Nash |
| Minister for Building and Construction | |
| In office 31 October 2007 – 19 November 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Helen Clark |
| Preceded by | Clayton Cosgrove |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Williamson |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for New Zealand First list | |
| In office 23 September 2017 – 17 October 2020 | |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Labour Party list | |
| In office 17 September 2005 – 22 May 2014 | |
| Succeeded by | Kelvin Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1959 Awanui, New Zealand |
| Political party | NZ First (2017–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Labour (2005–2017) |
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| Children | 7 |
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Jones' political career began in 2005 as a list MP for the Labour Party. He became a cabinet minister in his first term, serving as Minister for Building and Construction in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand. Following Labour's defeat in the 2008 election, he was a senior opposition MP and unsuccessfully contested the leadership of the Labour Party in a 2013 leadership election. He left parliament the following year for a brief diplomatic career, before returning as a New Zealand First MP at the 2017 general election.
Jones was Minister for Regional Economic Development and Minister of Forestry in the Labour–New Zealand First coalition government from 2017 to 2020. He was elected for a fifth non-consecutive term in Parliament at the 2023 general election, and is Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, Minister for Regional Development, and Minister for Resources in the National–ACT–New Zealand First coalition government.