Shane Jones

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name = Shane Jones
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caption = Shane Jones at a forum in 2007
constituency_MP = (List MP - position 27)
parliament = 48th New Zealand
office5 = Minister for Building and Construction
term_start5 = 31 October 2007
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primeminister5 = Helen Clark
predecessor5 = Clayton Cosgrove
successor5 = incumbent
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birth_date = birth date and age|1959|9|3
birth_place = Awanui, Tai Tokerau, New Zealand
party = Labour
spouse = Ngareta
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children = seven
residence = Mangonui; Wellington
alma_mater = Auckland University
Victoria University
University of Western Australia
Harvard University
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Shane Geoffrey Jones (born 3 September 1959) is a New Zealand politician. He stood in the 2005 elections for the Labour Party, being ranked twenty-seventh on its party list. This is the highest position given by Labour to someone who was not already a member of Parliament. He took his seat in the new parliament after the Labour Party won 50 seats in New Zealand's 120 seat parliament.

Jones held a number of senior roles in the public sector, being best known for his work as chairman of the Waitangi Fisheries Commission. He also worked for the Ministry for the Environment and the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Jones is Māori, of Te Aupōuri and Ngai Takoto descent, as well as having Dalmatian ancestry. [cite web|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/shane+jones?bio=1|title=Hon Shane Jones|publisher=New Zealand Government|accessdate=2008-04-03] cite journal|url=http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/3501/features/9004/the_man_from_mangonui.htm|title=The Man From Mangonui|last=Ralston|first=Bill|journal=New Zealand Listener|volume=208|issue=3501|date=16 June 2007] He has a BA and an MPA, and was awarded a Harkness Fellowship to study at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

After his entry into the parliament, after 2005 Election, Jones became Chair of the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee. He has often been speculated by the media and amongst his colleagues as the future leader of the Labour Party.

In the Cabinet re-shuffle on 31 October 2007, Jones was made a Cabinet Minister with the portfolios of Building and Construction, and was made an Associate Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations, Immigration and Trade.

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External links

* [http://www.labour.org.nz/Our_mps_top/C05-Jones/biography.html Labour Party biography]