Keith Buttle
New Zealand mayor
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| Intro | New Zealand mayor | |
| Places | New Zealand | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1900 | |
| Death | 1 January 1973 (aged 73 years) |
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Keith Nicholson Buttle CBE (23 November 1900 – 15 December 1973) was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1957 to 1959. He replaced Thomas Ashby in a by-election in November 1957; Ashby died part-way through his term.
Born in Auckland he attended Auckland Grammar School. He was a sharebroker and partner in an Auckland firm of sharebrokers. He was on the Auckland City Council (18 years), Auckland Harbour Board (5 years) and Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority (3 years).