- Ignatius Boyle
Infobox Person
name = Ignatius Boyle
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birth_date = 1 January 1882
birth_place = Fremantle , Western Australia
death_date = 15 June 1960
death_place = Mount Lawley, Western Australia
education = CBC Perth [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070386b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography] ]
occupation = Politician
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spouse = Catherine Mary Murphy
parents = Francis William Boyle & Ellen Kelly
children = Four
nationality = Australian
website =Ignatius George Boyle (
1 January 1882 -15 June 1960 ) was a politician fromWestern Australia . He was educated atChristian Brothers College, Perth and left school in 1897 for a job in theWestern Australian Government Railways .He married Catherine Mary Murphy on
9 September 1908 . Together they had four children.Boyle became a member of the Albany Municipal Council in 1915-1920 and stood for the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Toodyay in 1924 and 1927, on both occasions losing to fellow Country Party member and minister, John Lindsay. When Lindsay transferred to Mount Marshall, Boyle tried again but was beaten by another Country Party candidate,Lindsay Thorn .He was president of the Wheatgrowers' Union from 1931-1935 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 on a 15-vote margin by Labor candidateWilliam Telfer . He appealed 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 Senate just two years later.Ignatius Boyle died on 15 June 1960 and was buried in
Karrakatta Cemetery .External links
[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070386b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography]
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