1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election

1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election
Turnout	30,944
Mayor before election; Thomas Ashby ;	Elected Mayor; Keith Buttle ;

Last updated December 10, 2020

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 Thomas 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:

1957 Auckland mayoral by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Keith Buttle	17,298	55.90
	Labour	John Stewart	7,573	24.47	-6.10
	Independent	Horace Kirk	4,906	15.85
	Independent	Pat Curran	1,038	3.35
	Independent	Trevor Innes	97	0.31
Informal votes			32	0.10	-0.40
Majority			9,725	31.42
Turnout			30,944

Notes

↑ Edgar 2012.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll on Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 7 November 1957. p. 6.

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References

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

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[FOOTNOTEEdgar2012-1] Edgar 2012.

[2] "Declaration of Result of Poll on Election of Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 7 November 1957. p. 6.

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