William Benjamin Scandrett Explained

William Benjamin Scandrett
Order:Mayor of Invercargill
Term Start1:1894
Term End1:1895
Predecessor1:Andrew Raeside
Successor1:John Sinclair
Term Start2:1904
Term End2:1909
Predecessor2:George Froggatt
Successor2:Charles Stephen Longuet
Term Start3:1912
Term End3:1913
Predecessor3:William Ott
Successor3:Duncan McFarlane
Birth Date:1840 2, df=y
Birth Place:Clapham, London, England
Death Place:Invercargill, New Zealand

William Benjamin Scandrett (7 February 1840 – 23 September 1917) was a New Zealand politician. He migrated from England to New Zealand in 1855, and moved to Invercargill in 1862. He was the first town clerk of Invercargill after it was proclaimed a municipality, serving from 1871 to 1893. He was deputy mayor of Invercargill twice (1902 and 1911) and mayor of Invercargill three times (1894–1895, 1904–1909 and 1912–1913). Scandrett married Susannah Hinton Milstead and had five children.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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  1. Web site: Mayors down the years . Invercargill City Council . 18 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100809053827/http://www.icc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/MayorsDownTheYears.aspx . 9 August 2010 .
  2. Web site: Mayors 1888 to 1927 . Invercargill City Council . 18 October 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316132449/http://www.icc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/MayorsDownTheYears/Mayors2.aspx . 16 March 2012 .
  3. News: Obituary. 21 October 2010 . . xciv . 73 . 24 September 1917 . 8 .
  4. News: Deputy mayor . . 16062 . 13 June 1902 . 11 October 2019 . 2.
  5. Web site: Bio . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz . 11 October 2019.