Julian Doyle

Julian John Doyle was an Australian lawyer, politician and civil servant. He served as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Gisborne from 1967-1971. He was born in 1935 in Melbourne and died in 2007 in Melbourne. He was the son of Victor and Phyllis Doyle.

Education

Doyle went to school at Xavier College in Melbourne. He graduated in law at the University of Melbourne.

Politics

Doyle joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1958, and became president of the South Yarra Branch. He was a Councillor for the City of Prahran from 1965-1967 and he was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Gisborne from 1967-1971.

Tom Reynolds, one of his political successors in the seat of Gisborne, described the challenge to follow in the footsteps of Doyle an “illustrious man” with the “obvious talents” of “height, good looks, a law degree, being able to sing or to play the bass fiddle”. [ [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregspeechtxt.cfm?mid=1398&recno=220 re-member - Parliament of Victoria ] ] Upon the news of Doyle's death in 2007, Parliament stood in silence as a sign as a mark of respect. [ [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/downloadhansard/pdf/Assembly/Jul-Dec%202007/Assembly%20Extract%209%20October%202007%20from%20Book%2014.pdf Assembly Weekly Book 14 Jul 2007-Dec 2007 ] ]

Legal career

Doyle started his legal career with Arthur Robinson & Co, Melbourne, 1958-1962m predecessor to Allens Arthur Robinson; he was a sole practitioner in Toorak 1965-1971; he then became a partner with Ellison, Hewison & Whitehead, solicitors Melbourne 1976-1977 a predecessor to Minter Ellison; later he was a partner of Goulden's Solicitors London predecessor to Jones Day Goulden [http://www.jonesday.com/] based in Brussels 1988-96.

Civil Service

Doyle served in a variety of Government positions in Australia and overseas. He was trade Commissioner, London, 1972-1973; Commercial Counsellor for Australian mission to the EEC, Brussels, 1973-1975; Senior Trade Commissioner, Nairobi, 1975-1976; Australian Delegate United Nations Commission for Trade and Development 1976; Chairman Victorian Immigration Advisory Council 1977-1978; Secretary-General ICOSI, Brussels, 1979-1980; Director Victorian Promotion Committee 1980-1981; General manager Victorian Economic Development Corporation 1981-1983; Delegate OECD Technology Conference, Paris 1983; Legal Adviser to Minister of Justice, General Counsel to Central Bank of Eritrea 1998-99.

Family

Doyle married twice and had five children. Doyle married Ann Clementson in 1964 and Kate Baillieu in 1983.

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References

* [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1028| Julian Doyle Parliamentary Biography]