Sydney Jones

Template:Short description Template:Use New Zealand English 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 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
Template:NZ election link year–1951	29th	Template:NZ electorate link
Template:NZ election link year–1954	30th	Hastings

He won the Template:NZ electorate link electorate in the Template:NZ election link from Labour's Ted Cullen, but was defeated by Labour's Ted Keating in Template:NZ election link year.

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

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