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]