Keith Buttle

Keith Buttle
CBE
31st Mayor of Auckland City
In office
11 November 1957 – 8 December 1959
DeputyFred Ambler
Preceded byTom Ashby
Succeeded byDove-Myer Robinson
Personal details
Born(1900-12-23)23 December 1900
Auckland, New Zealand
Died15 December 1973(1973-12-15) (aged 72)
Auckland, New Zealand
SpouseUna Agnes Buttle
ProfessionSharebroker

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

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

  1. ^ "Marriages". The New Zealand Herald. 8 June 1927. p. 1. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b New Zealand Who’s Who 8th edition 1964
  3. ^ "No. 42233". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1960. p. 8928.
  4. ^ "Burial & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Auckland City
1957–1959 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deputy Mayor of Auckland
1953–1957 		Succeeded by


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