Robert Macfarlane George Manning The 1958 Christchurch mayoral election was held to elect a successor to Robert Macfarlane who resigned as Mayor of Christchurch upon his selection as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives.

The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

A by-election for the City Council was also held upon the resignations of both Manning and Glue in order to contest the mayoralty.

Councillors Mabel Howard and John Mathison also resigned their seats following their election as cabinet ministers at the formation of the Second Labour government at the November 1957 general election.

Glue was re-elected to the council with Bill MacGibbon and Peter Skellerup the other successful candidates.