1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election

1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election

← 1956 2 November 1957 1959 →
Turnout	30,944
Candidate Keith Buttle John Stewart Horace Kirk Party Citizens & Ratepayers Labour Independent Popular vote 17,298 7,573 4,906 Percentage 55.90 24.47 15.85
Mayor before election Tom Ashby Elected Mayor Keith Buttle

The 1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election was held to fill the vacant position of Mayor of Auckland. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

The by-election was triggered by the death of sitting Mayor Tom Ashby. Five candidates put their names forward for the contest, with Deputy-Mayor Keith Buttle elected the new Mayor. Councillor Dove-Myer Robinson's United Independents (who had backed Ashby a year earlier) ticket chose to neither contest the election nor endorse a candidate.^[1]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Notes

References

• Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.

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