Mr Henry Clement HOYLE (1852 - 1926)**

Date of Birth: 20/11/1852 Place of Birth: Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 20/07/1926 Place of Death: Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 17 Jun 1891 21 Feb 1917 25yr(s) 8mth(s) 5day(s) Member for Redfern 17 Jun 1891 25 Jun 1894 3yr(s) 9day(s) 15th (1891 - 1894) Member for Surry Hills 14 Oct 1910 6 Nov 1913 3yr(s) 24day(s) 22nd (1910 - 1913) Member for Surry Hills 6 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s) 23rd (1913 - 1917) Honorary Minister charged with the duties of Colonial Treasurer 29 Jan 1914 31 Oct 1916 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 3day(s) Secretary for Mines and Minister for Labour and Industry 31 Oct 1916 15 Nov 1916 16day(s) Claims of Madame Bell against the Education Department Commitment No.10 27 Jun 1911 1 Aug 1911 1mth 6days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Chairman Claims of Madame Bell against the Education Department Commitment No.8 4 Oct 1911 27 Mar 1912 5mths 24days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Chairman Case of William John Ellis, employed in the Railway Service Committee No.18 19 Oct 1911 27 Mar 1912 5mths 9days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Administration of the Rocks resumed Area Committee No.20 14 Nov 1911 28 Mar 1912 4mths 15days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Dismissal of certain Tramway Employees charged with being found in a common Gaming-house at Redfern Committee No. 12 10 Aug 1915 13 Apr 1916 8mths 4days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Case of Denis Maguire Committee No. 13 17 Aug 1915 13 Apr 1916 7mths 28days 23rd (1913 - 1917)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined ALP before the 1910 election. Left over conscription issue in 1916.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Blacksmith. Educated at a Balmain convent school and Fort Street Public School. Worked at Booth's sawmills, Balmain at age 10. Apprenticed as a Blacksmith with P.N Russell & Co,. then Mort's Dock in 1868. Joined Railways Department in 1876. Became a foreman. Active in iron trade strike in 1882. Assisted to found Railway and Tramway Association. First President 1885; Dismissed from railways for union activities in 1890. Established an auctioneering business in Darling Harbour. After a 1894 defeat wrote for the Freemans Journal. First President of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1909. Trustee of Taronga Park from 1912 until 1926.

Personal

Son of William Hoyle, sea captain, and his wife Catherine Balson. Married Maria Dillon c.1879 and had issue 4 daughters and 3 sons. Roman Catholic.

Additional Information

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