Thomas William Mark Ashby (1895–1957) was a New Zealand local body administrator and Mayor of Auckland City

Mayor of Auckland City

The Mayor of Auckland City was the directly elected head of the Auckland City Council, the municipal government of Auckland City, New Zealand. The office existed from 1871 to 2010, when Auckland City Council was abolished and replaced with the Auckland Council....

 from 1956 to 1957. He was Auckland Town Clerk (in charge of the Auckland City Council) 1944-55, and secretary of the committee for the 1950 British Empire Games

1950 British Empire Games

The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth edition of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between the 4th and 11th of February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games...

 at Auckland.

In November 1956, he defeated the previous mayor John Luxford

John Luxford

John Hector Luxford was a New Zealand lawyer and Mayor of Auckland City from 1953 to 1956.Born in Palmerston North, he qualified as a solicitor in 1913 and a barrister in 1919. He practised in Te Awamutu, Hamilton and Auckland. He was Chief Judge in Samoa 1929-35 and a magistrate in Auckland 1941-51...

. 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 in September 1957 and was replaced by Keith Buttle

Keith Buttle

Keith Nicolson Buttle 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....

 in a by-election in November 1957.

Born in Auckland, Ashby was educated at Te Aroha High School, and at Victoria and Auckland Universities. He was a solicitor, and served in the Army in the First World War.