Sydney Jones

This article is about the New Zealand politician. For the British politician and shipowner, see Sydney Jones (businessman).

Sydney Ionoval Jones (23 May 1894 – 28 April 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.

Early life

Jones was born in 1894 at Makotoku, a locality some 68 miles (109 km) south of Napier in the Waipawa district. He received his education from Hastings High School, Napier Boys' High School, Wellington Teachers' Training College, and Victoria University College. Prior to finishing his tertiary education, he enrolled with the Samoan Expeditionary Force in 1914. Between 1916 and 1919, he went with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) to France, Belgium, and Germany. He completed his studies after the war and graduated from Victoria with an MA (Hons) in economics.

Jones then went teaching, first at Marlborough College and then at Hastings High School, where he became first assistant. In Hastings, he was president of the Old Boys Football Club and the local Returned Services' Association (RSA).

Political career

New Zealand Parliament

Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1949–1951	29th	Hastings			National
1951–1954	30th	Hastings			National

He won the Hastings electorate in the 1949 election from Labour's Ted Cullen, but was defeated by Labour's Ted Keating in 1954.

Jones died in 1982, and was buried at Hastings Cemetery.

References

• Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Makotoku". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 November 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
• Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.
• Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.