1956 Christchurch mayoral election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/50px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png)
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← 1953 | 17 November 1956 | 1958 → |
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Turnout | 37,421 (42.45%) |
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| | | Candidate | Robert Macfarlane | Bill MacGibbon | Party | Labour | Citizens' | Popular vote | 20,368 | 17,053 | Percentage | 54.43 | 45.57 | |
Mayor before election Robert Macfarlane | Elected mayor Robert Macfarlane | |
The 1956 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1956, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Background
Sitting mayor Robert Macfarlane was re-elected for a fourth term, opposed only by Bill MacGibbon of the Citizens' Association who had run against Macfarlane in 1950.
Mayoral results
The following table gives the election results:
1956 Christchurch mayoral election[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Robert Macfarlane | 20,368 | 54.43 | +2.36 |
| Citizens' | Bill MacGibbon | 17,053 | 45.57 | |
Majority | 3,315 | 8.85 | +4.22 |
Turnout | 37,421 | 42.45 | −6.35 |
Council results
1956 Christchurch local election[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Manning | 20,837 | 55.68 | −0.41 |
| Citizens' | Les Amos | 19,574 | 52.30 | +6.41 |
| Labour | Mabel Howard | 19,529 | 52.18 | +0.52 |
| Citizens' | Mary McLean | 19,418 | 51.89 | +4.42 |
| Citizens' | Bill Glue | 19,136 | 51.13 | +5.26 |
| Citizens' | Harold Smith | 18,977 | 50.71 | +9.20 |
| Labour | Lyn Christie | 18,446 | 49.29 | +1.54 |
| Citizens' | Thomas Burtt | 18,175 | 48.56 | |
| Labour | John Mathison | 18,037 | 48.20 | −1.57 |
| Citizens' | Ron Guthrey | 17,899 | 47.83 | +4.69 |
| Citizens' | Maurice Carter | 17,533 | 46.85 | |
| Citizens' | William James Cowles | 17,442 | 46.61 | +4.76 |
| Labour | Mick Connelly | 16,975 | 45.36 | |
| Citizens' | Reginald Gilbert Brown | 16,801 | 44.89 | +3.85 |
| Citizens' | Bill Utley | 16,674 | 44.55 | |
| Citizens' | William Ernest Olds | 16,490 | 44.06 | |
| Labour | Harold Denton | 16,347 | 43.68 | |
| Labour | Norman Reginald Forbes | 16,194 | 43.27 | −1.32 |
| Citizens' | Alma Schumacher | 16,154 | 43.16 | |
| Labour | Reg Stillwell | 16,142 | 43.13 | |
| Citizens' | Fred Price | 16,139 | 43.12 | +2.74 |
| Citizens' | Kenneth Bartlett | 16,019 | 42.80 | |
| Citizens' | John William Hulme | 16,003 | 42.76 | |
| Citizens' | Peter Watts | 15,880 | 42.43 | |
| Citizens' | Walter Raymond Campbell | 15,813 | 42.25 | |
| Labour | Arthur John Smith | 15,782 | 42.17 | +1.91 |
| Citizens' | George Griffiths | 15,667 | 41.86 | +1.64 |
| Labour | Roy Smith | 15,618 | 41.73 | +2.42 |
| Labour | James Shankland Sr. | 15,512 | 41.45 | −1.07 |
| Citizens' | Wilfred Henry Blyth Buckhurst | 15,286 | 40.84 | |
| Labour | Archibald Galbraith | 14,860 | 39.71 | |
| Labour | Edith Tongue | 14,710 | 39.30 | |
| Labour | James Sturrock | 14,592 | 38.99 | −1.27 |
| Labour | John Athol Gregor | 14,589 | 38.98 | |
| Labour | Robert Newman | 14,308 | 38.23 | −1.71 |
| Labour | John Palmer | 14,220 | 38.00 | |
| Labour | Louis Julian Mouat | 13,101 | 35.00 | |
| Labour | Joshua Harris | 13,038 | 34.84 | |
| Independent | Charles Baldwin | 5,565 | 14.87 | |
| Communist | Jack Locke | 2,661 | 7.11 | +0.03 |
| Ind. Social Credit | Ernest Yealands | 2,048 | 5.47 | |
| Communist | Frank McNulty | 1,931 | 5.16 | |
References
- ^ "Election of Mayor". The Press. Vol. XCIV, no. 28139. 30 November 1956. p. 23.
- ^ "Christchurch City Council". The Press. Vol. XCIV, no. 28139. 30 November 1956. p. 23.
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