Joseph Witheford
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Joseph Howard Witheford was a Liberal Party
Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.
He 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.
New Zealand Liberal Party
The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party...
Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.
He was elected to the City of Auckland electorate in a by-election on 27 April 1900, and held his electorate to 1905
New Zealand general election, 1905
The New Zealand general election of 1905 was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament...
(when the multi-member electorate was replaced by several single-member electorates), when he retired.