John Bitchener OBE (1864 – 10 March 1952) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.

[2] His mother was Mary Ann Bitchener (née Welch), and his parents had married on 9 February 1864.

[4] Alfred Bitchener moved to the Waimate District and worked as a farm labourer for three or four years, and then became a saw milling contractor.

[1] His father bought a farm in Hook, some 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of Waimate, and John Bitchener moved to live there, too.

[7] In the 1950 New Year Honours, Bitchener was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for public and municipal services.