Lawrence Yule
{{Short description|New Zealand politician (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2017}}
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| name = Lawrence Yule
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1963}}
| constituency_MP = Tukituki
| parliament = New Zealand
| term_start = 23 September 2017
| term_end = 17 October 2020
| predecessor = Craig Foss
| successor = Anna Lorck
| office1 = Mayor of Hastings
| predecessor1 = Jeremy Dwyer
| successor1 = Sandra Hazlehurst
| term_start1 = 2001
| term_end1 = 2017
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| party = National
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| spouse = Kerryn (wife)
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Lawrence Arden Yule (born 1963){{cite web |url= https://www.parliament.nz/media/6305/roll-of-members-of-the-new-zealand-house-of-representatives-1854-onwards.pdf |title=Roll of members of the New Zealand House of Representatives, 1854 onwards |date=24 May 2019 |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |accessdate=3 September 2020}} is a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Hastings from 2001 to 2017, and a Member of Parliament representing the Tukituki electorate for the National Party from 2017 to 2020.
Political career
=Mayor of Hastings=
Yule became mayor of Hastings in 2001. In this role he presided over the Hastings District Council. When elected he was the youngest person to become mayor of Hastings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lgnz.co.nz/home/about-lgnz/lgnz-national-council-test/lawrence-yule/|title=Lawrence Yule {{!}} We are. LGNZ.|website=www.lgnz.co.nz|language=en|access-date=11 February 2017}}
In 2016, the Hastings district was hit by an outbreak of campylobacter in drinking water which affected thousands of people.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/83603780/second-elderly-woman-dies-after-contracting-campylobacter-in-outbreak|title=Second elderly woman dies after contracting campylobacter in outbreak|last=Sharpe|first=Marty|date=26 August 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=12 February 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/83463744/hastings-mayor-puts-councillor-on-notice-over-gastro-outbreak-claims|title=Hastings mayor puts councillor on notice over gastro outbreak claims|last=Sharpe|first=Marty|date=23 August 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=12 February 2017}}
In the last mayoral election he stood in, in 2016, Yule received more than 3,000 more votes than his closest rival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hawkes-bay/85133477/support-for-hastings-mayor-lawrence-yule-strong-despite-gastro-bug|title=Support for Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule strong despite gastro bug|last=Hunt|first=Megan|date=9 October 2016|website=Stuff|access-date=11 February 2017}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11725127|title="Humbled" Yule says he doesn't want to let Hastings down|last=Chatterton|first=Tracey|date=8 October 2016|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=11 February 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}} Yule announced that his sixth term, starting in 2016, would be his last as mayor.
= National politics =
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After National MP Craig Foss announced his retirement from politics in December 2016. Yule announced his intention to be selected as the National Party candidate for the electorate of Tukituki and in February 2017, he was selected to contest the 2017 general election.{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11804946 |title=Hastings mayor Lawerence Yule successful in bid for National Party selection |work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=22 February 2017}}{{Cite news |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/88382592/hastings-mayor-lawrence-yule-to-seek-tukituki-nomination |title=Hastings' mayor Lawrence Yule to seek Tukituki nomination |last=Livingston |first=Tommy |date=14 January 2017| work=Stuff|access-date=11 February 2017}} Yule defeated the Labour Party's Anna Lorck, who Yule had previously hired as a public relations consultant for local election campaigns. Yule resigned as Hastings Mayor, resulting in a by-election held in November 2017.{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=11947761 |title=Hastings elects first woman mayor |work=New Zealand Herald |date=25 November 2017}}
In the 2020 New Zealand general election, Yule stood again for Tukituki, again against Anna Lorck. Yule lost the electorate to Lorck by 1,590 votes,{{Cite web|title=Tukituki - Official Result|url=https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2020/electorate-details-54.html|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Electoral Commission}} in an election that saw National lose 18 of its 41 electorate seats.{{Cite news|last=Cooke|first=Henry|date=2020-10-17|title=Election 2020: National Party's complete bloodbath, but Judith Collins staying on|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300135363/election-2020-national-partys-complete-bloodbath-but-judith-collins-staying-on|access-date=2020-10-21|work=Stuff|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-06|title=Special votes: National loses two MPs, one each to Labour, Māori Party|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/430006/special-votes-national-loses-two-mps-one-each-to-labour-maori-party|access-date=2020-11-06|website=RNZ |language=en-nz}} The day after the election, Yule admitted defeat and said he had no plans for his future yet.{{Cite news|last=Gilbertson|first=Georgia-May|date=2020-10-18|title=Election 2020: National's Lawrence Yule on being ousted in Tukituki after 20 years in Hawke's Bay politics|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/123125236/election-2020-nationals-lawrence-yule-on-being-ousted-in-tukituki-after-20-years-in-hawkes-bay-politics|access-date=2020-10-21|work=Stuff|language=en}}
= Other roles =
Yule was the president of Local Government New Zealand. He is also a justice of the peace.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=247256842&privcapId=271776068|title=Lawrence Yule JP: Executive Profile & Biography – Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=11 February 2017}}
Personal life
Yule is married to his wife Kerryn. He has four adult children.{{cite web|url= https://lawrenceyule.national.org.nz/national_selects_yule_for_tukituki |title= Yule selected as candidate |publisher= New Zealand National Party }}
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Category:Mayors of Hastings, New Zealand
Category:People from Hastings, New Zealand
Category:New Zealand National Party MPs
Category:Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
Category:Candidates in the 2017 New Zealand general election
Category:Unsuccessful candidates in the 2020 New Zealand general election