William Wallace Snodgrass MBE (1870 – 20 March 1939) was an English-born politician from Nelson, New Zealand.

From 1908 he had been a Trustee of St Andrews Orphanage and from 1910 a Director of the Nelson Permanent Building Society.

[9] Snodgrass was a passenger on the Arahura sailing from Wellington to Nelson on 20 March 1939 and disappeared during the voyage.

The account of the voyage stated that Snodgrass had supper with the master, Captain Hay, and retired to his cabin fairly early.

She lost her life when SS Port Hunter was torpedoed and sunk by U-582 in the Atlantic north-west of the Canary Islands on 11 July 1942.

[14] A play titled Snodgrass - Nelson's Missing Mayor was written and produced by Nelson-based playwright Miranda Warner.

Based on audience consensus the actors continue the play, giving potentially different endings to each performance.