{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} thumb|right|250px|How to Vote card for 1964 Lord mayoral election '''Charles John Besley Veryard''' (1900–7 September 1967<ref>[http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KC00028621 Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Summary Of Record Information]</ref>) was a City of Perth Councillor from 1927 until 1964 and Lord Mayor of Perth from 1964 to his death in 1967.<ref>[http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/NorthPerth2.pdf North Perth – A Brief History of the Suburb] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904012839/http://www.vincentheritage.com.au/pdf/NorthPerth2.pdf |date=4 September 2012 }}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.oldhale.com/archives/notable_old_haleians/sport.phtml Old Haleians Association]</ref><ref>{{WAFL FootyFacts}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48986977 |title=Tax Offender Criticised For "False" Evidence. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=23 August 1951 |accessdate=5 April 2011 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
His grandfather, John Veryard, was a member of state parliament in Western Australia and a mayor of the Municipality of Leederville.<ref>[http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rxv/veryard/historyaus.htm Veryard clan in Australia]</ref>
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==External links== *http://bluwiki.com/go/Familytree
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