Keith Buttle
Keith Buttle | |
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31st Mayor of Auckland City | |
In office 11 November 1957 – 8 December 1959 | |
Deputy | Fred Ambler |
Preceded by | Tom Ashby |
Succeeded by | Dove-Myer Robinson |
Personal details | |
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 23 December 1900
Died | 15 December 1973 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 72)
Spouse | Una Agnes Buttle |
Profession | Sharebroker |
Keith Nicholson Buttle CBE (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He served as mayor of Auckland City from 1957 to 1959.
Biography
[edit]Born 23 November 1900 in Auckland, Buttle attended Auckland Grammar School. On 23 March 1927, he married Una Agnes Parkinson at the Pitt Street Methodist church in Auckland.[1] He was a sharebroker and partner in an Auckland firm of sharebrokers. He served on the Auckland City Council for 18 years, the Auckland Harbour Board for five years and Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority for three years.[2]
Buttle was elected mayor of Auckland City, replacing Tom Ashby in a by-election in November 1957 after Ashby died part-way through his term.[2] In the 1961 New Year Honours, Buttle was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his service as Auckland mayor.[3]
Buttle died on 15 December 1973, and he was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Marriages". The New Zealand Herald. 8 June 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
- ^ a b New Zealand Who’s Who 8th edition 1964
- ^ "No. 42233". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1960. p. 8928.
- ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 26 June 2018.