Background
He was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, in 1848.
He was born in Bromsgrove, 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 (when the multi-member electorate was replaced by several single-member electorates), when he retired. Witheford served as mayor of Birkenhead from 1901 to 1905. He died on 30 October 1931 and was buried in the Anglican section of Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead.
