Ian Dave Hayles (born 1972) is a

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n politician with the

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. He was a Member of the

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since 2007 before losing his seat to Jamaica Labour Party Candidate and Attorney-at-Law, Tamika Davis, at the

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Career

Hayles returned to Jamaica from abroad hoping in 2000 to contribute to Jamaica's development, and wrote to PNP Prime Minister P. J. Patterson with the aim of getting involved in politics. However he ended up joining the

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instead. He rose to the position of president of the JLP affiliate group Generation 2000, but in the end resigned from the JLP along with Norman Horne and ran under the PNP banner for the Hanover Western seat in the September 2007 election. His victory made him one of the youngest MPs. However, soon after the election the defeated JLP candidate Donovan Hamilton filed an

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in the

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, challenging Hayles' eligibility to be nominated due to his U.S. citizenship. On 23 October 2007, Hayles swore an oath of renunciation of U.S. nationality and submitted his

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for cancellation; the

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later issued him a Certificate of Loss of Nationality dated 25 October 2007. The court case still was not resolved by January 2012, though there were suggestions that Hamilton and Hayles might settle. After the December 2011 election, PM

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appointed Hayles the new State Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries under minister Roger Clarke. In the September 3, 2020 parliamentary elections, he lost his seat to the Jamaica Labour Party candidate and newcomer, Tamika Davis.

Personal life

Hayles was born in George's Plain,

Westmoreland Parish Westmoreland () is the westernmost parish in Jamaica, on the south side of the island. It lies south of Hanover, southwest of Saint James, and northwest of Saint Elizabeth, in the county of Cornwall. The chief town and capital is Savanna-la- ...

, a PNP stronghold. His mother Pauline Brown was an organiser for the PNP. He later moved to Blenheim,

Hanover Parish Hanover () is a parish located on the northwestern tip of the island of Jamaica. It is a part of the county of Cornwall, bordered by St. James in the east and Westmoreland in the south. With the exception of Kingston, it is the smallest par ...

and then to Cave Hill in the same parish, and then emigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. He attended university there before returning to Jamaica.

References

External links

Ian Hayles v Donovan Hamilton
(Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 165/2009) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayles, Ian 1972 births Living people Members of the House of Representatives of Jamaica People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians People from Westmoreland Parish Former United States citizens