William Benjamin Scandrett


William Benjamin Scandrett was an English-born New Zealand politician. He immigrated to New Zealand in 1855 and came 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 and mayor of Invercargill three times. Scandrett married Susannah Hinton Milstead and had five children.