William Chaffey

For the Australian farmer and NSW politician (1915–1987), see Bill Chaffey.

William Chaffey
Born21 October 1856 
Brockville 
Died4 June 1926  (aged 69)
OccupationCivil engineer, engineer 
RelativesGeorge Chaffey 

William Benjamin Chaffey CMG (21 October 1856 – 4 June 1926) was a Canadian engineer and irrigation planner who with his older brother George Chaffey developed what became the Californian cities of Etiwanda, Ontario, and Upland in the United States of America, as well as the Victorian city of Mildura and the South Australian town of Renmark in Australia.

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