Joseph Witheford

Joseph Witheford
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for City of Auckland
In office
1900–1905
Preceded by William Crowther
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
2nd Mayor of Birkenhead
In office
1901–1905
Preceded by Charles Button
Succeeded by Albert Frederick Porter
Personal details
Born 1848
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Died (aged 83)
Birkenhead, New Zealand
Resting place Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead
Spouse(s) Emma Bartley

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

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

Parliament of New Zealand
Years Term Electorate Party
19001902 14th City of Auckland Liberal
19021905 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 (when the multi-member electorate was replaced by several single-member electorates), when he retired.[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. (subscription required (help)).
  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". New Zealand Herald. 5 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  4. "Deaths". 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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