caption residence predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp party office primeminister birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
shane jones in 2011 kerikeri clayton cosgrove new zealand maurice williamson awanui , tai tokerau , new zealand labour party list labour minister for building and construction helen clark 3 september 1959 17 september 2008 31 october 2007 17 september 2008 dorothy pumipi shane jones.jpg shane jones
 19 november 2008 shane jones
shane jones

shane geoffrey jones -lrb- born 3 september 1959 -rrb- is a former new zealand politician for the labour party who is currently ambassador for pacific economic development .
jones was a cabinet minister in the fifth labour government of new zealand .
he contested the leadership of the labour party in a 2013 leadership election but lost to rival david cunliffe .
he left parliament at the end of may 2014 .
