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