The 1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election was held to fill the vacant position of

Mayor of Auckland The mayor of Auckland is the elected head of local government in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 Mayors in New Zealand, mayors in the country. The principle city of the region (and its namesake) is Auckland. The may ...

. The polling was conducted using the standard

first-past-the-post First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

electoral method.

Background

The by-election was triggered by the death of sitting Mayor

Tom Ashby Thomas William Mark Ashby (23 August 1895 – 26 September 1957) was a New Zealand local body administrator and Mayor of Auckland City from 1956 to 1957. Biography Early life and carerr Ashby was born 23 August 1895 in Auckland, Ashby was educ ...

. Five candidates put their names forward for the contest, with Deputy-Mayor

Keith Buttle 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 ...

elected the new Mayor. Councillor

Dove-Myer Robinson Sir Dove-Myer Robinson (15 June 1901 – 14 August 1989) was Mayor of Auckland City from 1959 to 1965 and from 1968 to 1980. Holding office for 6,543 days in total (17 years, 10 months, and 30 days), his was the longest tenure of any holder of ...

'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:

Notes

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Auckland City Mayoral election, 1957 Mayoral elections in Auckland 1957 elections in New Zealand Politics of the Auckland Region 1950s in Auckland