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Mary DoyleMP
Member of the Australian Parliament for Aston
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2023 (2023-04-01)
Preceded by	Alan Tudge
Personal details
Born	(1970-06-26) 26 June 1970 (age 54) Echuca, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Labor
Committees	Social Policy and Legal Affairs

Mary Judith Jacinta Doyle (born 26 June 1970) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Parliament of Australia representing the Federal Division of Aston since a by-election on 1 April 2023, held to replace former Liberal member Alan Tudge. Doyle is the first woman to hold the seat of Aston since its creation in 1984.

Early Life

Doyle is the youngest of nine children. She was born and raised in Echuca, where her family lived in public housing. Doyle attended secondary school in Bendigo. At the age of 17, Doyle moved to suburban Melbourne.

Doyle attended TAFE to study Performing Arts. She is a singer and a performer. In the 1990s she was active in the local Melbourne music scene as a singer. She was a vocalist in Australian indie bands The Late Mail and The Beautiful Few. She also plays the ukulele.

In 2010, Doyle appeared on the Australian television soap opera Neighbours. She was a contestant on RocKwiz in 2012.

In 1995 when she was 25, Doyle was diagnosed with breast cancer. She made a successful recovery. 

Politics

Doyle previously contested the seat in the 2022 federal election. Due to the timing of the by-election and the coronation of King Charles III, Doyle was the first member of the federal parliament to be sworn in under a king since 1951.

The result of the by-election marked the first time since 1920 that a government has won a by-election from the opposition. At the start of the by-election, Doyle lived in the suburb of Mitcham, located in the neighbouring Deakin electorate. She now lives in Wantirna South, within the electorate.

Personal Life

Doyle was married in 1998. She has a son and a daughter. She was divorced in 2016, raising her children as a single mother. She is also guardian to her great-niece.

Doyle is a member of the Australian Services Union and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance.

References

1. ^ Smethurst, Annika (17 March 2023). "Labor candidate's push for 'more ordinary people in parliament'". The Age. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
2. "Ms Mary Doyle MP". www.aph.gov.au. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
3. "The seat of Aston has never been held by a woman. Labor's Mary Doyle is about to change that". SBS News. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
4. ^ "About Mary". www.marydoyle.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
5. ^ "Mary Doyle – Labor for Aston". alp.org.au. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
6. "The Late Mail: Climb Into The Light, by Sound As Ever (Australian Indie 90-99)". Sound As Ever (Australian Indie 90-99). Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
7. "The Beautiful Few". Discogs. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
8. Maiden, Samantha (2 April 2023). "Aston byelection winner, Labor candidate Mary Doyle, once appeared in Neighbours". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
9. "Aston By-election 2023 Results". abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
10. Hevesi, Bryant; 2023 – 2:45pm (1 May 2023). "Why Mary Doyle's swearing in as Aston MP will be a historic occasion". skynews. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
11. "The seat of Aston has never been held by a woman. Labor's Mary Doyle is about to change that". SBS News. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
12. Kolovos, Benita; Lee, Jane (30 March 2023). "Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton's future in their hands". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
13. Ransley, Ellen (22 February 2023). "Awkward detail in fight for Alan Tudge's seat as candidates fight over addresses". News.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
14. "The private interests of Mary Doyle MP". openpolitics.au. Archived from the original on 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

External links

• Media related to Mary Doyle at Wikimedia Commons

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