Election Name: | 1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election |
Country: | New Zealand |
Flag Image: | Coat of arms of Auckland.svg |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1956 Auckland City mayoral election |
Previous Year: | 1956 |
Next Election: | 1959 Auckland City mayoral election |
Next Year: | 1959 |
Election Date: | 2 November 1957 |
Turnout: | 30,944 |
Candidate1: | Keith Buttle |
Party1: | Citizens & Ratepayers |
Popular Vote1: | 17,298 |
Percentage1: | 55.90 |
Candidate2: | John Stewart |
Party2: | New Zealand Labour Party |
Popular Vote2: | 7,573 |
Percentage2: | 24.47 |
Candidate3: | Horace Kirk |
Party3: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote3: | 4,906 |
Percentage3: | 15.85 |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Tom Ashby |
After Election: | 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.
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.
The following table gives the election results: