Dail Michael John Jones was born on 7 July 1944 and is a New Zealand politician.
14 Facts About Dail Jones
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Dail Jones has been a member of the New Zealand First party, and was formerly in the National Party.
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Dail Jones retained this electorate until the 1984 election, when Helensville electorate was abolished.
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Dail Jones contested the new West Auckland electorate, but was defeated by the Labour Party candidate, Jack Elder.
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From April 1982 to June 1984, Dail Jones was Deputy Chairman of Committees.
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Dail Jones is known as one of the few New Zealand MPs to have been injured in a politically motivated attack; in 1980, while serving as a National Party MP, he was stabbed in the chest by an elderly constituent in his electorate office leaving him with a punctured lung.
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Considerably later, in the 2002 election, Dail Jones returned to Parliament as a list MP for the New Zealand First party, which had been established during Dail Jones' time outside Parliament.
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Dail Jones was ranked in tenth place on the New Zealand First list.
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Dail Jones was New Zealand First spokesperson on foreign affairs, trade, customs, the courts, and the attorney-general's role.
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Dail Jones lost his seat in the 2005 election, when he was again tenth on the party list.
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Dail Jones was elected President of New Zealand First when Doug Woolerton resigned.
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Dail Jones attracted criticism in February 2008 from Winston Peters for suggesting that New Zealand First had received large anonymous donations.
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On 15 February 2008, Dail Jones was returned to Parliament as a list MP once more, replacing Brian Donnelly, who had been appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
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Dail Jones was tenth on the New Zealand First party list in 2005.