{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = The Honourable |name = Desley Boyle |honorific_suffix = B.Sc. (Hons), M.Psych, M.B.A |image = Desley Boyle.jpg
|office = Minister for Local Government of Queensland<br /><small>Local Government and Planning (2004–2006)</small> |term_start = 26 March 2009 |term_end = 21 February 2011 |premier = Anna Bligh |predecessor = Andrew Fraser |successor = Paul Lucas |term_start1 = 12 February 2004 |term_end1 = 13 September 2006 |premier1 = Peter Beattie |predecessor1 = Nita Cunningham |successor1 = Andrew Fraser |office2 = Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships of Queensland |term_start2 = 25 March 2009 |term_end2 = 21 February 2011 |premier2 = Anna Bligh |predecessor2 = Lindy Nelson-Carr |successor2 = Curtis Pitt |office3 = Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry of Queensland |term_start3 = 19 September 2007 |term_end3 = 26 March 2009 |premier3 = Anna Bligh |predecessor3 = Margaret Keech <small>Tourism</small><br />John Mickel <small>(as State Development and Industrial Relations)</small> |successor3 = Jan Jarratt |office4 = Minister for Child Safety of Queensland |term_start4 = 13 September 2006 |term_end4 = 19 September 2007 |premier4 = Peter Beattie |predecessor4 = Michael Reynolds |successor4 = Margaret Keech |office5 = Minister for the Environment of Queensland |term_start5 = 25 August 2004 |term_end5 = 13 September 2006 |premier5 = Peter Beattie |predecessor5 = John Mickel |successor5 = Lindy Nelson-Carr |office6 = Minister for Women of Queensland |term_start6 = 11 March 2004 |term_end6 = 13 September 2006 |premier6 = Peter Beattie |predecessor6 = ''New office'' |successor6 = Linda Lavarch |office7 = Member of the Queensland Parliament for Cairns |term_start7 = 13 June 1998 |term_end7 = 24 March 2012 |predecessor7 = Keith De Lacy |successor7 = Gavin King
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|03|29|df=y}} |birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales |party = Labor |children = 3 }}
'''Desley Carole Boyle''' (born 29 March 1948) is a former Labor politician. Boyle represented the electoral district of Cairns, Queensland in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland and was elected in the 1998 state election and served until 2012.<ref name="Parl01">[https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Former-Members/Former-Members-Register/Former-Member-Details?id=554142347 Queensland Parliamentary Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212220033/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/BoyleDesley.htm |date=12 February 2009 }} Accessed 22 March 2009</ref>
==Early life and career== Boyle was the director and clinical psychologist for Desley Boyle and Associates, in Cairns.<ref name="Parl01"/> She held a position with the Cairns local government from 1988 to 1994, including two years as deputy mayor.<ref name="Parl01"/>
==Member of parliament== She served on the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee between 2002 and 2004.
===Beattie Ministry=== Boyle held various positions in the Beattie Ministry. She was appointed Minister for Local Government and Planning in February 2004, and added the new post of Minister for Women a month later. In August 2004, she also added Minister for Minister for the Environment. In a September 2006 reshuffle, she was appointed Minister for Child Safety.
===Bligh Ministry=== When Anna Bligh took over from Beattie in September 2007, Boyle was appointed Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry. Following the 2009 election, she returned to the Local Government portfolio as Minister for Local Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships.
On 17 February 2011, Boyle announced that she would be retiring at the 2012 state election and stood down from Cabinet four days later.
At the election, Labor lost the seat to Gavin King of the Liberal National Party.
==Personal life== Desley lives in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland.<ref name="Parl01"/> She has three children and three grandchildren. Her hobbies include theatre, film and contemporary music.<ref name="Parl01"/>
==External links== * [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/cair.htm ABC's "2009 State Elections Results for Cairns"] <small>Accessed 22 March 2009 </small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Terry Mackenroth}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Local Government and Planning|years=2004{{spaced ndash}}2006}} {{s-aft|after=Andrew Fraser}} {{s-bef|before=Mike Reynolds}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Child Safety|years=2006{{spaced ndash}}2007}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=Margaret Keech}} {{s-new|portfolio}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Women|years=2004{{spaced ndash}}2006}} {{s-bef|before=John Mickel}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for the Environment|years=2004{{spaced ndash}}2006}} {{s-aft|after=Lindy Nelson-Carr}} {{s-bef|before=Margaret Keech}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Tourism|years=2007{{spaced ndash}}2009}} {{s-aft|after=Peter Lawlor}} {{s-new|rows=2|portfolio}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Regional Development|years=2007{{spaced ndash}}2009}} {{s-aft|after=Tim Mulherin}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Industry|years=2007{{spaced ndash}}2009}} {{s-non|reason=Portfolio abolished}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=Keith De Lacy}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Cairns|years=1998{{spaced ndash}}2012}} {{s-aft|after=Gavin King}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Desley}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:People from Cairns Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:21st-century Australian politicians Category:21st-century Australian women politicians Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly