David W. Hoyle

{{Short description|American politician (1939–2023)}}

{{other people|David Hoyle}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=David W. Hoyle

|state_senate=North Carolina

|district=43rd

|term_start=January 1, 1993

|term_end=October 22, 2010

|preceded=District created

|successor=Kathy Harrington

|birth_date={{birth date|1939|2|4}}

|death_date={{death date and age|2023|3|29|1939|2|4}}

|death_place=Dallas, North Carolina, U.S.

|party=Democratic

|spouse=Linda

|children=4

|alma_mater=Lenoir–Rhyne College

|profession=Politician

}}

David W. Hoyle (February 4, 1939 – March 29, 2023) was an American politician from North Carolina. He was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-third Senate district from 1993 to 2010, and the state's secretary of revenue from 2010 to 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/0/BoardsAndCommissions/EDB/Members/Bio_Hoyle_David.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109010411/https://www.nccommerce.com/Portals/0/BoardsAndCommissions/EDB/Members/Bio_Hoyle_David.pdf |archive-date=January 9, 2017 |url-status=dead }} A real estate developer from Dallas, North Carolina, he served as the mayor of the town and was a graduate of Lenoir–Rhyne College.

Hoyle announced in 2009 that he would retire at the end of the 2009–10 session of the legislature,[http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/holye_to_retire News & Observer: Hoyle to retire] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213073915/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/holye_to_retire |date=December 13, 2009 }} in what was his ninth term in the state Senate. Shortly before the expiration of his term in 2010, Gov. Beverly Perdue appointed him Secretary of Revenue, a Cabinet post.[http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/ken_lay_walks_the_plank_david_hoyle_in News & Observer: Ken Lay walks the plank, David Hoyle in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211113240/http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/ken_lay_walks_the_plank_david_hoyle_in |date=February 11, 2012 }}{{cite book|author=Cheney, John L. Jr.|title=North Carolina Government, 1585–1974|url=https://archive.org/details/northcarolinagov1975nort|year=1974|page=428}} He served until Perdue left office in 2013.{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-david-hoyle-obituary-legislature-13a8237246f403fb6d31d7484dce1dbd|title = Former N. Carolina senator, tax secretary Hoyle dies at 84|date = March 29, 2023|accessdate = March 29, 2023|agency = Associated Press}}

Hoyle and his wife, Linda, had four children. He died at his home in Dallas, North Carolina, on March 29, 2023, at the age of 84, from complications of a stroke he had several years prior.