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1956 Auckland City mayoral election

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Turnout	33,795 (42.97%)
Candidate Tom Ashby John Luxford John Stewart Party Independent Citizens & Ratepayers Labour Popular vote 12,017 11,274 10,333 Percentage 35.55 33.35 30.57
Mayor before election John Luxford Elected mayor 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.

Mayoralty results

Councillor results

Table footnotes:

1. Myers was appointed to the council in December 1956 to replace Clarence George Beer after a recount.

Notes

1. Edgar 2012.
2. "Declaration of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 23 November 1956. p. 6.
3. "Declaration of Poll". The New Zealand Herald. 28 November 1956. p. 5.
4. "Council Poll Upset - Magisterial Recount At Auckland". The Press. Vol. XCIV, no. 28156. 20 December 1956. p. 16.

References

• Edgar, John (2012). Urban Legend: Sir Dove-Meyer Robinson. Hodder Moa.

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