Michaela Boyle

Michaela Boyle
Member of Derry City and Strabane District Council
In office
2 May 2019 – 18 May 2023
Preceded byBrian McMahon
Succeeded byBrian Harte
ConstituencySperrin
Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
for West Tyrone
In office
5 May 2011 – May 2019
Preceded byClaire McGill
Succeeded byMaolíosa McHugh
Member of
Strabane District Council
In office
2008 – 5 May 2011
Personal details
Born (1966-09-29) 29 September 1966 (age 60)
PartySinn Féin

Michaela Boyle (born 29 September 1966) is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland. In 2008, she was co-opted onto Strabane District Council to fill the vacancy left by the death of her party colleague Cllr Ivan Barr. She served as Chairperson of Council from 2010 to 2011. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)representing the West Tyrone constituency. She was re-elected in 2016 and 2017

Career

She was co-opted to Strabane District Council in 2008.

Boyle was elected to Derry City and Strabane District Council at the local elections on 2 May 2019. She was elected as Mayor of the Council at its first sitting following the council election. She then resigned her Assembly seat, and Maolíosa McHugh was co-opted to the Assembly in her place.

References

  1. ↑ BBC News - Election 2011
  2. ↑ Profile on Sinn Féin website Archived 22 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Sinnfein.ie; accessed 3 March 2017
  3. ↑ "Sinn Fein select unseated councillor McHugh to replace MLA". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.