| Joseph Witheford | |
| Constituency Mp: | City of Auckland |
| Parliament: | New Zealand |
| Term Start: | 1900 |
| Term End: | 1905 |
| Predecessor: | William Crowther |
| Successor: | Constituency abolished |
| Order4: | 2nd |
| Office4: | Mayor of Birkenhead |
| Term Start4: | 1901 |
| Term End4: | 1905 |
| Predecessor4: | Charles Button |
| Successor4: | Albert Frederick Porter |
| Birth Date: | 1848 |
| Birth Place: | Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England |
| Death Place: | Birkenhead, New Zealand |
| Restingplace: | Pompallier Cemetery, Birkenhead |
| Spouse: | 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]
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]