Ignatius George Boyle (1 January 1882 – 15 June 1960) was a politician from

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who represented the Avon district in the

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from 1935 until 1943.

Biography

He was educated at Christian Brothers College, Perth, and left school in 1897 for a job in the

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. He married Catherine Mary Murphy on 9 September 1908. Together they had four children. Boyle was an elected member of the Albany Municipal Council from 1915 until 1920. He then moved to Toodyay and sat on the Toodyay Shire Council for some years, including two years (1928−1930) as its chairman. He stood for the Legislative Assembly seat of Toodyay in 1924 and 1927, on both occasions losing to fellow Country Party member and minister,

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. When Lindsay transferred to Mount Marshall, Boyle tried again but was beaten by another Country Party candidate,

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. He was president of the Wheatgrowers' Union from 1931 to 1935 and chairman of directors of its newsletter, ''The Wheatgrower''. In May 1935, he accepted the Country Party's nomination to contest a by-election for the seat of Avon following the death of Harry Griffiths. He served as the member for Avon until the 1943 election, at which time he was defeated by a 15-vote margin by the

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candidate William Telfer. He appealed against the result to the Court of Disputed Returns, who ordered a fresh election, but Telfer won by 298 votes at the by-election on 1 June 1944. He stood unsuccessfully for the

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two years later. Boyle died on 15 June 1960 and was buried in

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References

External links

Australian Dictionary of Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Ignatius 1882 births 1960 deaths People educated at Christian Brothers' College, Perth Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery Politicians from Perth, Western Australia Western Australian local councillors 20th-century Australian politicians