Joseph Witheford

Joseph Howard Witheford (1848 – 30 October 1931) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.

Joseph Witheford
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for City of Auckland
In office
1900–1905
Preceded byWilliam Crowther
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
2nd Mayor of Birkenhead
In office
1901–1905
Preceded byCharles Button
Succeeded byAlbert Frederick Porter
Personal details
Born1848
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Died (aged 83)
Birkenhead, New Zealand
Resting placePompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead
Spouse(s)Emma Bartley

Biography

He was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, in 1848.[1]

New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1900–1902 14th City of Auckland Liberal
1902–1905 15th City of Auckland Liberal

Witheford was elected to the City of Auckland electorate in a by-election on 27 April 1900, and held his electorate to 1905. In that year, the multi-member electorate was replaced by several single-member electorates, and Witheford retired from parliament.[2]

Witheford served as mayor of Birkenhead from 1901 to 1905.[3]

He died on 30 October 1931 and was buried in the Anglican section of Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead.[4]

References
  1. "1911 England census". Ancestry.com Operations. 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 247. OCLC 154283103.
  3. "Late Mr. Witheford". The New Zealand Herald. 5 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. "Deaths". The New Zealand Herald. 31 October 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by
William Crowther		 Member of Parliament for City of Auckland
1900–1905
Served alongside: William Napier, George Fowlds, Frederick Baume, Alfred Kidd		 Constituency abolished


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