Joe Coggle
{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (1930–2012)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Joe Coggle
| office = High Sheriff of Belfast
| term_start = January 1995
| term_end = January 1996
| predecessor = John Parkes
| successor = Steve McBride
| term_start1 = January 1991
| term_end1 = January 1992
| predecessor1 = Jim Kirkpatrick
| successor1 = Thomas Patton
| office2 = Member of
Belfast City Council
| constituency2 = Court
| term_start2 = 15 May 1985
| term_end2 = 21 May 1997
| predecessor2 = New district
| successor2 = Frank McCoubrey
| constituency3 = Belfast Area G
| term_start3 = 20 May 1981
| term_end3 = 15 May 1985
| predecessor3 = Herbert Ditty
| successor3 = District abolished
| birth_date = November 1930{{cite web|title = Alderman Joseph Addis COGGLE|url = https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/8g2QN6_pERJpsEC-rFxJudHPQ-g/appointments|website = Companies House|access-date = 14 November 2024}}
| birth_place = Shankhill, Belfast, Northern Ireland
| death_date = August 2012
| party = Independent Unionist (from 1985)
| otherparty = DUP (before 1985)
}}
Joseph Addis Coggle (November 1930 – August 2012) was a Northern Irish Ulster Loyalist politician who was High Sheriff of Belfast from 1991 to 1992, and 1995 to 1996.{{cite web|title = High Sheriffs of Belfast since 1990|url = https://jeffdudgeon.com/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Northern-Ireland-political-issues/High-Sheriffs-of-Belfast-list-from-1900.docx|website = Jeffrey Dudgeon MBE|access-date = 14 November 2024}}
He served on Belfast City Council from 1981 until 1997, latterly for the Court DEA.
Background
As a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Coggle was elected to Belfast City Council in 1981 for the Belfast Area G district.{{cite web|title = 1981 Belfast Area G results|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/xls/lgov/1981/lg81-BT-Area-G.xls|website = Ark elections|access-date = 14 November 2024}}
By 1985, he had resigned from the DUP, and was instead re-elected as an independent unionist for the new Court district.{{cite web|title = 1985 Court results|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/xls/lgov/1989/lg89-BT-Court.xls|website = Ark elections|access-date = 14 November 2024}}
In 1986, Coggle was seen attending the funeral of murdered Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) commander John Bingham.{{cite web|title = Belfast mayorality: inconsistency|url = https://sluggerotoole.com/2002/11/11/belfast-mayorality-inconsistency/|website = Slugger O'Toole|date = 11 November 2002|access-date = 14 November 2024}} He described Bingham as "the best" in a Belfast Telegraph obituary.{{cite web|title = Trevor King (Kingso) 1953 – 1994. Ulster Volunteer Force|url = https://belfastchildis.com/2016/06/16/trevor-king-kingso-1953-1994-ulster-volunteer-force/|website = John Chambers - Belfast Child Blog|date = 16 June 2016|access-date = 14 November 2024}}
At the 1996 Northern Ireland Forum elections, Coggle ran as part of an independent group of candidates, headed by North Down councillor Alan Chambers. He was the group's lead candidate in the North Belfast constituency, finishing last, and taking only 21 votes (0.05%).{{cite web|title = 1996 Candidates - North Belfast|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96nb.htm|website = Ark elections|access-date = 31 December 2024}} For the 'top-up list', Coggle was the second-placed candidate, though neither he nor the group were successful in winning any seats.{{cite web|title = The 1996 Forum Elections: Regional List of Candidates|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/96cands.htm|website = Ark elections|access-date = 31 December 2024}}
Coggle was defeated by the Ulster Democratic Party's Frank McCoubrey at the 1997 local elections.{{cite web|title = 1997 Court results|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/xls/lgov/1997/lg97-BT-Court.xls|website = Ark elections|access-date = 14 November 2024}}
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Category: Members of Belfast City Council