Charles John Besley Veryard (1900–1967) was a City of Perth

City of Perth

The City of Perth is a local government area and body, within the Perth Metropolitan Area, which is the capital of Western Australia. The local government body is commonly known as Perth City Council. The city covers the Perth central business district and surrounding suburbs...

 Councillor from 1927 until 1964 and Mayor of Perth from 1964 to his death in 1967.

Veryard was also a manager and director of West Cycles. He attended Hale School

Hale School

Hale School is a selective, independent, Anglican day and boarding school for boys, located in Wembley Downs, a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia....

 and played three seasons of football with West Perth Football Club

West Perth Football Club

The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian...

 between 1917 and 1920.

The Charles Veryard Reserve in Bourke Street, North Perth

North Perth, Western Australia

North Perth is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Vincent.This old, established suburb just three kilometres north of Perth’s CBD is a place of mainly solid brick homes built from the early 1900s, many of which are now undergoing extensive renovations in line with the...

 is named in his honour.

In August 1951, Veryard was convicted and fined for tax fraud after understating his income.

His grandfather, John Besley Veryard (1851–1924) was a councillor and mayor of Leederville Council and a Western Australian Member of Parliament.

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