Joseph Howard Witheford (1848 – 30 October 1931) was a

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Member of Parliament in

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, New Zealand.

Biography

He was born in

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, Worcestershire, England, in 1848. 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. Witheford served as mayor of

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from 1901 to 1905. He died on 30 October 1931 and was buried in the Anglican section of Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead.

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