Mary Doyle
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{about|the Australian politician|other people with similar names|Mary Doyle (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Mary Doyle
| honorific-suffix = MP
| image = Mary Doyle at 2025 Aston results declaration (cropped).jpg
| caption = Doyle in 2025
| parliament = Australian
| constituency_MP = Aston
| term_start = {{start date|2023|04|01|df=y}}
| term_end =
| predecessor = Alan Tudge
| successor =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Echuca, Victoria, Australia
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| nationality =
| party = Labor
| children = 2
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| committees = Social Policy and Legal Affairs
}}
Mary Judith Jacinta Doyle (born 26 June 1970){{cite news |last1=Smethurst |first1=Annika |title=Labor candidate's push for 'more ordinary people in parliament' |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/labor-candidate-s-push-for-more-ordinary-people-in-parliament-20230317-p5cszg.html |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=The Age |date=17 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402054909/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/labor-candidate-s-push-for-more-ordinary-people-in-parliament-20230317-p5cszg.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Ms Mary Doyle MP |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=299962 |website=www.aph.gov.au |publisher=Parliament of Australia |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=en-AU}} 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, and the first Labor MP for the seat since 1990.{{Cite web |title=The seat of Aston has never been held by a woman. Labor's Mary Doyle is about to change that |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-seat-of-aston-has-never-been-held-by-a-woman-labors-mary-doyle-is-about-to-change-that/uwq866pn5 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=SBS News |language=en}}
Early life
Doyle is the youngest of nine children.{{Cite web |title=About Mary |url=https://www.marydoyle.com.au/about/about-mary/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.marydoyle.com.au |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mary Doyle – Labor for Aston |url=https://alp.org.au/our-people/our-people/mary-doyle/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=alp.org.au |language=en}} She was born and raised in Echuca, where her family lived in public housing. Doyle attended secondary school at Bendigo Senior Secondary College. 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{{Cite web |title=The Late Mail: Climb Into The Light, by Sound As Ever (Australian Indie 90-99) |url=https://soundaseveraustralianindie90-99.bandcamp.com/track/the-late-mail-climb-into-the-light |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Sound As Ever (Australian Indie 90-99) |language=en |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507003141/https://soundaseveraustralianindie90-99.bandcamp.com/track/the-late-mail-climb-into-the-light |url-status=live }} and The Beautiful Few.{{Cite web |title=The Beautiful Few |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2520928-The-Beautiful-Few |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Discogs |language=en |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507003139/https://www.discogs.com/artist/2520928-The-Beautiful-Few |url-status=live }} She also plays the ukulele.
In 2010, Doyle appeared on the Australian television soap opera Neighbours.{{Cite news |last=Maiden |first=Samantha |date=2 April 2023 |title=Aston byelection winner, Labor candidate Mary Doyle, once appeared in Neighbours |work=news.com.au |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/flashback/aston-byelection-winner-labor-candidate-mary-doyle-once-acted-in-neighbours/news-story/57770ece2de603387301b0ce87fe4336 |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402002826/https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/flashback/aston-byelection-winner-labor-candidate-mary-doyle-once-acted-in-neighbours/news-story/57770ece2de603387301b0ce87fe4336 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |title=Aston By-election 2023 Results |url=https://abc.net.au/news/elections/aston-by-election-2023 |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=1 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401095657/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/aston-by-election-2023 |url-status=live }} 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.{{Cite web |last1=Hevesi |first1=Bryant |last2=2023 – 2:45pm |date=2023-05-01 |title=Why Mary Doyle's swearing in as Aston MP will be a historic occasion |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/aston-mp-mary-doyle-to-make-history-as-first-politician-in-federal-parliament-to-swear-allegiance-to-king-charles-iii/news-story/4d0f84b646e591f277eaf3b759dfeaad |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=skynews |language=en |archive-date=7 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507003140/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/aston-mp-mary-doyle-to-make-history-as-first-politician-in-federal-parliament-to-swear-allegiance-to-king-charles-iii/news-story/4d0f84b646e591f277eaf3b759dfeaad |url-status=live }}
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.{{cite news |last1=Kolovos |first1=Benita |last2=Lee |first2=Jane |title=Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton's future in their hands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/31/aston-byelection-voters-in-the-former-liberal-stronghold-hold-peter-duttons-future-in-their-hands |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401092140/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/31/aston-byelection-voters-in-the-former-liberal-stronghold-hold-peter-duttons-future-in-their-hands |archive-date=1 April 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Ransley |first=Ellen |date=22 February 2023 |title=Awkward detail in fight for Alan Tudge's seat as candidates fight over addresses |publisher=News.com.au |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/awkward-detail-in-fight-for-alan-tudges-seat/news-story/ae88ea65693c4455a439fc19f2e94c8d |access-date=13 March 2023}} She now lives in Wantirna South, within the electorate.
Doyle was re-elected at the 2025 Australian federal election, defeating Liberal candidate Manny Cicchiello.{{cite web |title=Aston, VIC |url=https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-197.htm |website=AEC Tally Room |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=22 May 2025 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250522031316/https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-197.htm |archive-date=22 May 2025 |url-status=live}}
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.{{Cite web |title=The private interests of Mary Doyle MP |url=https://openpolitics.au/47/mary-doyle |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=openpolitics.au |language=en |archive-date=9 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240509020459/https://openpolitics.au/47/mary-doyle |url-status=live }}
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