William E. Bold

{{Short description|Town clerk}}

{{For|William Bolde|Mayor of Canterbury}}

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William Ernest Bold C.B.E. (6 May 1873{{spaced ndash}}25 November 1953) was a long-serving municipal clerk of Perth, Western Australia. He is generally acknowledged to be the founding father of urban planning in Western Australia.{{cite book |chapter-url= http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070341b.htm |title= Biographical Entry |chapter= William Ernest Bold (1873–1953) |work= Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |publisher= National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }}