Political career
Mayor of Hastings
Yule became mayor of Hastings in 2001. [2] In this role he presided over the Hastings District Council. When elected he was the youngest person to become mayor of Hastings. [3]
In 2016,the Hastings district was hit by an outbreak of campylobacter in drinking water which affected thousands of people. [4] [5]
In the last mayoral election he stood in,in 2016,Yule received more than 3,000 more votes than his closest rival. [6] [7] Yule announced that his sixth term,starting in 2016,would be his last as mayor. [6]
National politics
After National MP Craig Foss announced his retirement from politics in December 2016. [2] 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. [8] [2] Yule defeated the Labour Party's Anna Lorck, who Yule had previously hired as a public relations consultant for local election campaigns. [2] Yule resigned as Hastings Mayor, resulting in a by-election held in November 2017. [9]
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, [10] in an election that saw National lose 18 of its 41 electorate seats. [11] [12] The day after the election, Yule admitted defeat and said he had no plans for his future yet. [13]
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