Thomas Ashby (mayor)
| Thomas Ashby OBE | |
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| 30th Mayor of Auckland City | |
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In office 1956–1957 | |
| Preceded by | John Luxford |
| Succeeded by | Keith Buttle |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 August 1895 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died |
26 September 1957 Auckland, New Zealand |
Thomas William Mark Ashby OBE (23 August 1895 – 26 September 1957) was a New Zealand local body administrator and Mayor of Auckland City from 1956 to 1957.
Biography
Born 23 August 1895 in Auckland, Ashby was educated at Te Aroha High School, and at both Victoria and Auckland Universities. He was a solicitor, and served in the Army in the First World War.
He was Auckland's Town Clerk (in charge of the Auckland City Council) between 1944 and 1955, and secretary of the committee for the 1950 British Empire Games at Auckland.In the 1951 King's Birthday Honours, Ashby was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for municipal services.[1]
In November 1956, he defeated the previous mayor John Luxford. Luxford had claimed waste (wasteful expenditure) inside the council in his 1953 campaign, but (though initiating a number of reforms) had not been successful in chairing the council. Ashby died part-way through his term on 23 September 1957, aged 62 years,[2] and was replaced by Keith Buttle in a by-election in November 1957.
References
- ↑ "No. 39245". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1951. p. 3100.
- ↑ Who’s Who in New Zealand, 7th edition 1961 p304
- Who’s Who in New Zealand, 6th edition 1956, edited by Frank A Simpson (1956, Reed, Wellington)
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by John Luxford |
Mayor of Auckland City 1956–1957 |
Succeeded by Keith Buttle |