Charles Taschereau Beard (July 30, 1890 – November 21, 1950) was a naval officer and politician in British Columbia.
After being defeated in the 1941 provincial election, he represented Esquimalt in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1945 to his death in 1950 as a member of the Liberal-Conservative coalition government.
He was born in Ottawa, the son of Frank Beard,[1] and, at the age of 17, served two years aboard the British Merchant Training ship Conway.
[3] At the start of World War II, Beard came out of retirement to command HMCS Prince Robert, which captured the German merchant freighter Weser off the coast of Mexico.
His son Midshipman Thomas Norman Kemp Beard was killed on HMS Hood during its encounter with the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941.