Dr Jonathan Coleman was elected as the Member of Parliament for Northcote at the 2005 General Election, winning the seat off Labour with a majority of 2,383. As such, the seat was the only one to be taken off Labour by National in the four main centres. In 2008, his majority was 9,360.
Educated at Auckland Grammar School, Jonathan went on to study medicine at Auckland University Medical School, followed by a post-graduate Diploma of Obstetrics at National Women's Hospital.He holds an MBA from London Business School, and has studied at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Prior to parliament he worked in clinical medicine and management consulting.
Top 5 Issues
- Building a stronger economy
• Balance the books sooner.
• Borrow less so we can have lower interest rates for longer.
• Keep personal taxes lower to encourage hard work.
• Make New Zealand more competitive so our exporters can sell more overseas and create more real jobs.
• Encourage savings and investments.
• Use the mixed-Ownership model to fund infrastructure to help us grow faster.
• Invest in skills training and tertiary education that gets results. - Building world-class infrastructure
• Ultra-fast broadband for greater innovation.
• More, and better, roads to ease congestion.
• Investing in more rail and public transport. - Building a safer New Zealand
• Staying strong on crime – tougher sentencing, stronger bail laws, and a focus on victims.
• Keep working to lower the crime rate further so our families are safer.
• Making our roads safer, so we can keep the road toll lower. - Rebuilding Christchurch
• $5.5 billion recovery fund
• Re-establishing essential infrastructure
• More construction-related training - Building better public services
• Better Schools – identifying and helping children falling behind, school reports in plain English.
• World-class healthcare –more doctors and nurses, more operations, shorter waiting times.
• Effective welfare- more people back into work, more incentives to work, payment cards for teens on benefits.
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