Shane Jones

Party NZ First
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Shane Jones’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 6 races — 2 elected 4 not elected

2023 NZ General Election • October 14, 2023 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: JONES, Shane Geoffrey
    Final Elected
  • MP for Northland
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: JONES, Shane Geoffrey
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 18.0%
    8,143 votes
2020 NZ General Election • October 17, 2020 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: JONES, Shane Geoffrey
    Final Not elected
  • MP for Northland
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: JONES, Shane Geoffrey
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 11.4%
    5,119 votes
2017 NZ General Election • September 23, 2017 General
  • List MP
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: JONES, Shane
    Final Elected
  • MP for Whangarei
    Parliament of New Zealand
    Affiliation: New Zealand First Party
    Ballot name: JONES, Shane
    Final Not elected
In the News
Jones raises concerns over fish heading south
Otago Daily Times — December 5, 2025

Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ By Lillian Hanly of RNZ The Oceans and Fisheries Minister has raised concerns about fish "heading to Te Waipounamu" due to warming waters.

Why mine, minister, when you can cut power bills?
Newsroom — December 3, 2025

Shane Jones is reminded of the short-term and ongoing benefits of an ambitious pumped hydro project The post Why mine, minister, when you can cut power bills? appeared first on Newsroom .

Lawyers criticise ministry's advice to Fisheries Minister Shane Jones on set net fishing
RNZ — December 2, 2025

The Environmental Law Initiative has filed court proceedings against the oceans and fisheries minister for failing to protect hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguins, from the risk of extinction.

Shane Jones backs mining at ‘weapons-grade’ level, labels Sam Neill ‘anti-Kiwi’
The Post — November 30, 2025

An unapologetic champion of mining, the Resources Minister is sticking to his guns and taking aim at opponents of a controversial Central Otago gold mine. But his critics are firing back.

‘They’re not coming back for community gardens’
The Post — November 29, 2025

Expanding gold mining north of Waihī is the kind of project that could help reverse the flow of workers heading overseas, Resources Minister Shane Jones says.

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