Charles Veryard
How to Vote card for 1964 Lord mayoral election
Charles John Besley Veryard (1900–1967) was a City of Perth Councillor from 1927 until 1964 and Mayor of Perth from 1964 to his death in 1967.[1]
Veryard was also a manager and director of West Cycles. He attended Hale School and played three seasons of football with West Perth Football Club between 1917 and 1920.[2]
The Charles Veryard Reserve in Bourke Street, North Perth is named in his honour.
In August 1951, Veryard was convicted and fined for tax fraud after understating his income.[3]
His grandfather, John Besley Veryard (1851–1924) was a councillor and mayor of Leederville Council and a Western Australian Member of Parliament.[4]
References
- ↑ North Perth – A Brief History of the Suburb Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Old Haleians Association
- ↑ "Tax Offender Criticised For "False" Evidence.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 23 August 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Veryard clan in Australia
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