1958 Christchurch mayoral by-election

1958 Christchurch mayoral by-election

← 1956 17 May 1958 1959 →
Turnout22,165 (25.11%)
 
Candidate George Manning Bill Glue
Party Labour Citizens'
Popular vote 12,708 9,327
Percentage 57.33 42.07

Mayor before election

Robert Macfarlane

Elected mayor

George Manning

The 1958 Christchurch mayoral election was held to elect a successor to Robert Macfarlane who resigned as Mayor of Christchurch upon his selection as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Background

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Labour councillor George Manning was elected to replace McFarlane, opposed only by councillor William "Bill" Glue of the Citizens' Association.

A by-election for the City Council was also held upon the resignations of both Manning and Glue in order to contest the mayoralty. Councillors Mabel Howard and John Mathison also resigned their seats following their election as cabinet ministers at the formation of the Second Labour government at the November 1957 general election.

McFarlane was elected for a seat on the council, with the remaining three seats being won by the Citizens' Association. Glue was re-elected to the council with Bill MacGibbon and Peter Skellerup the other successful candidates.

Mayoralty results

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The following table gives the election results:

1958 Christchurch mayoral by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Manning 12,708 57.33
Citizens' Bill Glue 9,327 42.07
Informal votes 130 0.58
Majority 3,381 15.25
Turnout 22,165 25.11 −17.34

Manning polled highest at 84 polling stations with Glue finishing first in remaining 25.

Council results

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The following table gives the election results:

1958 Christchurch City Council by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Macfarlane 11,691 55.16
Citizens' Bill Glue 11,408 53.82 +2.69
Citizens' Bill MacGibbon 10,993 51.87
Citizens' Peter Skellerup 10,931 51.57
Citizens' Fred Price 9,696 45.75 +2.63
Labour Tom McGuigan 9,589 45.24
Labour Lawrence Godfrey Graham White 9,399 44.34
Labour Edith Tongue 9,322 43.98 +4.68
Independent Ernest Yealands 1,441 6.79 +1.32
Informal votes 305 1.43 −0.80
Majority 1,235 5.82
Turnout 21,193 24.01 −18.44

References

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  1. ^ "Mayoralty to Mr Manning". The Press. Vol. XCVII, no. 28589. 19 May 1958. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Council Seats – Gain of Two by Citizens". The Press. Vol. XCVII, no. 28589. 19 May 1958. p. 10.