Ernest Coyle
Ernest Augustine Coyle (2 March 1874 – 31 August 1943) was an Australian politician.
Coyle was born in Eaglehawk to blacksmith Thomas Coyle and Harriet Kate Goodfellow.[1] Orphaned at a young age, he grew up with his grandmother in Rushworth, where he attended state schools. He worked as a stationer and hairdresser until around 1910, when he co-founded a stock and station agency. In 1905 he married Isabella Ann McDonald,[1] with whom he had three children.
In 1927 Coyle was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Waranga.[2] A member of the United Australia Party from 1931, he defected to the Country Party in 1933. A long-time sufferer from Paget's disease, Coyle died in Rushworth in 1943.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Coyle, Ernest Augustine at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2011)
- ^ a b "Ernest Augustine Coyle". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 July 2025.