Keith Buttle Explained

Keith Buttle
Order:31st Mayor of Auckland City
Deputy:Fred Ambler
Predecessor:Tom Ashby
Successor:Dove-Myer Robinson
Term Start:11 November 1957
Term End:8 December 1959
Birth Date:23 December 1900
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Death Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse:Una Agnes Buttle
Profession:Sharebroker

Keith Nicholson Buttle (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Auckland City from 1957 to 1959.

Biography

Born 23 November 1900 in Auckland, Buttle attended Auckland Grammar School. On 23 March 1927, he married Una Agnes Parkinson at the Pitt Street Methodist church in Auckland.[1] He was a sharebroker and partner in an Auckland firm of sharebrokers. He served on the Auckland City Council for 18 years, the Auckland Harbour Board for five years and Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for three years.

Buttle was elected mayor of Auckland City, replacing Tom Ashby in a by-election in November 1957 after Ashby died part-way through his term.[2] In the 1961 New Year Honours, Buttle was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his service as Auckland mayor.

Buttle died on 15 December 1973, and he was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Marriages . 8 June 1927 . . 26 June 2018 . 1.
  2. New Zealand Who’s Who 8th edition 1964
  3. Web site: Burial & cremation details . Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium . 26 June 2018.