1956 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election October 2017 October 2017 1956 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 1953 Auckland City mayoral election 1953 1957 Auckland City mayoral by-election 1957 17 November 1956 33,795 (42.97%) 150x170px Tom Ashby Independent politician 12,017 35.55 150x170px John Luxford Citizens & Ratepayers 11,274 33.35 150x170px John Stewart New Zealand Labour Party 10,333 30.57 Mayor John Luxford Tom Ashby The 1956 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1956, 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 Mayor John Luxford was challenged over his claim of wasteful expenditure by the Council by former Town Clerk Tom Ashby who claimed Luxford had not remedied the problem with the programmes he had initiated. Ashby was endorsed by the United Independents electoral ticket after Luxford had joined the Citizens & Ratepayers ticket after a falling out with Robinson and his United Independent colleagues who had backed him in his 1953 campaign. The United Independents vote fell, losing their balance of power, with the Citizens & Ratepayers regaining their council majority once again.Edgar 2012 Mayoralty results 1956 Auckland mayoral electionDeclaration of Poll The New Zealand Herald 23 November 1956 6 Independent politician Tom Ashby 12,017 35.55 Citizens & Ratepayers John Luxford 11,274 33.35 -17.71 New Zealand Labour Party John Stewart 10,333 30.57 171 0.50 -1.33 743 2.19 33,795 42.97 Councillor results 1956 Auckland City Council electionDeclaration of Poll The New Zealand Herald 28 November 1956 5 New Zealand Labour Party Mary Dreaver 14,546 43.04 +3.71 Citizens & Ratepayers Keith Buttle 14,095 41.70 +5.62 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Ambler 13,130 38.85 -3.76 Citizens & Ratepayers Winifred Delugar 12,885 38.12 Citizens & Ratepayers Tom Bloodworth 12,790 37.84 +4.34 New Zealand Labour Party James Neil Bradley 12,720 37.63 +7.14 New Zealand Labour Party Alex Dreaver 12,453 36.84 +5.64 Citizens & Ratepayers John Whittaker 12,414 36.73 +2.57 Citizens & Ratepayers Reg Savory 12,083 35.75 -2.27 Citizens & Ratepayers Albert Edward Bailey 12,005 35.52 Citizens & Ratepayers Howard Hunter 11,868 35.11 +4.54 New Zealand Labour Party George Forsyth 11,631 34.41 +3.24 United Independents Dove-Myer Robinson 11,553 34.18 -6.30 Citizens & Ratepayers John Carpenter 11,489 33.99 United Independents Eric Armishaw 11,475 33.95 +0.05 Citizens & Ratepayers Brian Kingston 11,274 33.35 United Independents Ken Cumberland 11,183 33.09 +1.01 Citizens & Ratepayers Max Tongue 11,178 33.07 New Zealand Labour Party Pat Curran 10,924 32.32 -0.47 New Zealand Labour Party Clarence George Beer 10,830 32.04 Citizens & Ratepayers Fred Glasse 10,662 31.54 Citizens & Ratepayers Geoffrey Myersnb Myers was appointed to the council in December 1956 to replace Clarence George Beer after a recount.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19561220.2.135 Council Poll Upset - Magisterial Recount At Auckland The Press 20 December 1956 XCIV 28156 16 10,557 31.23 +7.35 New Zealand Labour Party Ronald Akersten 10,544 31.19 +1.57 New Zealand Labour Party William Grant-Mackie 10,516 31.11 New Zealand Labour Party Isabella Stancliff 10,504 31.08 Citizens & Ratepayers John Dale 10,487 31.03 New Zealand Labour Party Agnes Johnston 10,274 30.40 -6.24 Citizens & Ratepayers Mel Tronson 10,194 30.16 Citizens & Ratepayers Edward Henderson 10,127 29.96 United Independents Val Chapman 9,979 29.52 New Zealand Labour Party Arthur Clark 9,975 29.51 Citizens & Ratepayers Thomas Bennett 9,973 29.49 New Zealand Labour Party Frederick Johnston 9,941 29.41 +2.11 Citizens & Ratepayers Frederick Merritt 9,900 29.29 New Zealand Labour Party Dudley Ashford 9,896 29.28 United Independents Joseph Moodabe 9,873 29.21 New Zealand Labour Party Alexander Meldrum 9,859 29.17 New Zealand Labour Party Alexander Grant 9,824 29.06 -0.93 New Zealand Labour Party Edith Williams 9,700 28.70 +0.82 New Zealand Labour Party Mary Phillips 9,663 28.59 New Zealand Labour Party James Booth 9,649 28.55 New Zealand Labour Party Charles Apps 9,477 28.04 New Zealand Labour Party Norman Finch 9,222 27.28 -0.41 New Zealand Labour Party Cyril William Avenell 8,841 26.16 Citizens & Ratepayers Gideon Rodger 8,797 26.03 +3.51 Citizens & Ratepayers William Tailby 8,694 25.72 United Independents Eric Boggs 8,652 25.60 Citizens & Ratepayers Walter Reevely 8,308 24.58 United Independents Matt Te Hau 8,013 23.71 United Independents Harold Watts 7,962 23.55 United Independents Vernon Brown 7,808 23.10 -5.79 United Independents Robert Wright 7,545 22.32 United Independents Mary Jackson 7,265 21.49 -6.15 United Independents Charles Fisher 7,241 21.42 United Independents John Northey 7,122 21.07 United Independents Berin Spiro 6,903 20.42 United Independents Wallace Fountain 6,885 20.37 United Independents Alister Martin 6,387 18.89 United Independents Lionel Albert 6,345 18.77 Citizens & Ratepayers Laurie Gluckman 6,309 18.66 United Independents David Wilkie 6,170 18.25 United Independents Glassford Glover Walter Gray 6,095 18.03 United Independents Charles Collier 5,764 17.05 Independent politician Richard Armstrong 2,222 6.57 -3.71 Independent politician George Mullenger 1,927 5.70 -0.46 Communist Party of New Zealand Rita Smith 1,803 5.33 +0.95 Communist Party of New Zealand Bill Andersen 1,698 5.02 +0.18 Communist Party of New Zealand Donald McEwan 1,593 4.71 +0.41 Independent politician Frank Dunn 1,531 4.53 Table footnotes: nb Notes References John Edgar Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson Hodder Moa 2012 autocollapse Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland Category:1956 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region Category:1950s in Auckland Category:November 1956 in Oceania