1959 Auckland City mayoral election
Appearance
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Turnout | 37,161 (46.90%) | |||||||||||||||
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The Auckland City mayoral election, 1959 was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1959, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background
High profile councillor Dove-Myer Robinson defeated incumbent Mayor Keith Buttle of the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket, who had not been opposed by Robinson and his United Independent colleagues in the 1957 contest.[1] Robinson's United Independents electoral ticket merged with the Labour Party to campaign together under the Civic Reform banner.
Mayoralty results
The following table gives the election results:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dove-Myer Robinson | 18,980 | 51.07 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Keith Buttle | 17,941 | 48.27 | -7.63 | |
Informal votes | 240 | 0.64 | +0.54 | ||
Majority | 1,039 | 2.79 | |||
Turnout | 37,161 | 46.90 |
Councillor results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Civic Reform | Eric Armishaw | 19,762 | 53.17 | +19.22 | |
Civic Reform | Ken Cumberland | 19,335 | 52.03 | +18.94 | |
Civic Reform | Alfred Shone | 18,961 | 51.02 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Thomas Bloodworth | 18,240 | 49.08 | +11.24 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Winifred Delugar | 17,840 | 48.00 | +9.88 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Max Tongue | 17,722 | 47.68 | +14.61 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Reg Savory | 17,667 | 47.54 | +11.79 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Fred Ambler | 17,335 | 46.64 | +7.79 | |
Civic Reform | Mary Dreaver | 16,658 | 44.82 | +1.78 | |
Civic Reform | Alex Dreaver | 16,582 | 44.62 | +7.78 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Bob Beechey | 16,498 | 44.39 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | John Dale | 16,434 | 44.22 | +13.19 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Geoffrey Edward Myers | 16,300 | 43.86 | -12.63 | |
Civic Reform | George Forsyth | 16,160 | 43.48 | +9.07 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Fred Glasse | 16,077 | 43.26 | -12.03 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Charlie Passmore | 15,639 | 42.08 | ||
Civic Reform | James Neil Bradley | 15,574 | 41.90 | +4.27 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | George Russell Tutt | 15,552 | 41.85 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Watts | 15,443 | 41.55 | +18.00 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Frederick de Malmanache | 15,296 | 41.16 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold William Parkinson | 15,165 | 40.80 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Norman Speer | 14,924 | 40.16 | ||
Civic Reform | Marion Kirk | 14,691 | 39.53 | ||
Civic Reform | Graeme Eric Booth | 14,690 | 39.53 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Rex Keith Blows | 14,637 | 39.38 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Eric Percy Salmon | 14,475 | 38.95 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | David George Falconer | 14,419 | 38.80 | ||
Civic Reform | Lionel Albert | 14,242 | 38.32 | +19.55 | |
Civic Reform | Charles Belton | 13,885 | 37.36 | ||
Civic Reform | Glassford Glover Walter Gray | 13,544 | 36.44 | +18.41 | |
Civic Reform | John Northey | 13,542 | 36.44 | -15.37 | |
Citizens & Ratepayers | Frank Sydney Bertrand | 13,438 | 36.16 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | John Procter Wildman | 13,429 | 36.13 | ||
Citizens & Ratepayers | Harold Valentine Long | 13,256 | 35.67 | ||
Civic Reform | Frederick Johnston | 13,091 | 35.22 | +5.81 | |
Civic Reform | Howard Jeffereys | 12,576 | 33.84 | ||
Civic Reform | Norman Finch | 12,549 | 33.76 | +6.48 | |
Civic Reform | Isabella Stancliff | 12,523 | 33.69 | +2.61 | |
Civic Reform | Irene Margaret Offen | 12,387 | 33.33 | ||
Civic Reform | John Percival Eastmure | 12,384 | 33.32 | ||
Civic Reform | Robert Elsender | 11,907 | 32.04 | ||
Civic Reform | Dave Isbey | 11,242 | 30.25 | ||
Independent | Roy Turner | 5,069 | 13.64 | ||
Independent | Charles Fisher | 4,139 | 11.13 | -10.29 | |
Independent | Agnes Helen Dodd | 3,632 | 9.77 | -20.63 | |
Communist | Bill Andersen | 3,456 | 9.30 | +4.28 | |
Communist | George Jackson | 3,384 | 9.10 | ||
Communist | Donald McEwan | 2,888 | 7.77 | +3.06 | |
Independent | Albert Charles Marks | 2,812 | 7.56 | ||
Communist | Richard Charles Wolf | 2,139 | 5.75 | ||
Communist | Ella Ayo | 2,128 | 5.72 | ||
Communist | Peter McAra | 1,544 | 4.15 |
Notes
- ^ Edgar 2012.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 2 December 1959. p. 8.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 5 December 1959. p. 31.
References
- Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.