Thomas Francis Doyle Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Thomas Francis Doyle
Order:Member of the Legislative Council
Term Start:9 March 1936
Term End:8 March 1950
Appointed:Michael Joseph Savage
Birth Date:1893
Birth Place:Bluff, New Zealand
Death Place:Invercargill, New Zealand
Party:Labour Party

Thomas Francis Doyle (1893–1968) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1936 to 1950.

Biography

Doyle was born in 1893. He was Mayor of Bluff for 14 years.[1] He stood for the Labour Party in the in the electorate[2] and came second to James Hargest.[3]

Doyle was a member of the Legislative Council from 9 March 1936 to 8 March 1943, and then 9 March 1943 to 8 March 1950. He was appointed by the First Labour Government. In 1944, he was appointed to the inaugural Invercargill Licensing Trust board.[4]

Following the abolition of the Legislative Council he stood again for the House of Representatives in the in the electorate where he raised the Labour vote, but finished runner-up to Ralph Hanan. He intended to run again in, but withdrew in favour of Hanan's former batman, Oliver James Henderson.[5]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Sir Joseph Ward . 12 March 2017 . . LXVII . 20284 . 9 July 1931 . 8.
  2. News: Awarua Electorate . 12 March 2017 . . LXXI . 21761 . 28 March 1934 . 14.
  3. News: Further Final Counts . 12 March 2017 . . CXX . 137 . 6 December 1935 . 10.
  4. Web site: TRUST NOMINEES . 28 April 1944 . Auckland Star . Papers Past.
  5. News: Former Batman May Oppose M.P. . 8 June 1960 . The Press . Papers Past.