Michaela Boyle

{{short description|Politician from Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Michaela Boyle | honorific_suffix = | image = Michaela Boyle.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Member of Derry City and Strabane District Council | constituency = Sperrin | term_start = 2 May 2019 | term_end = 18 May 2023 | predecessor = Brian McMahon | successor = Brian Harte | constituency_AM2 = West Tyrone | assembly2 = Northern Ireland | majority2 = | term_start2 = 5 May 2011 | term_end2 = May 2019 | predecessor2 = Claire McGill | successor2 = Maolíosa McHugh | office3 = Member of <br/> Strabane District Council | constituency3 = | term_start3 = 2008 | term_end3 = 5 May 2011 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|09|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | birth_name = | party = Sinn Féin }}

'''Michaela Boyle '''(born 29 September 1966) is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland. In 2008, she was co-opted onto Strabane District Council to fill the vacancy left by the death of her party colleague Cllr Ivan Barr. She served as Chairperson of Council from 2010-2011. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA)representing the West Tyrone constituency. She was re-elected in 2016 and 2017<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/constituency/html/36722.stm BBC News - Election 2011]</ref>

==Career==

She was co-opted to Strabane District Council in 2008.

Boyle was elected to Derry City and Strabane District Council at the local elections on 2 May 2019. She was elected as Mayor of the Council at its first sitting following the council election. She then resigned her Assembly seat, and Maolíosa McHugh was co-opted to the Assembly in her place.<ref>[http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/20514 Profile on Sinn Féin website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822123328/http://www.sinnfein.ie/contents/20514 |date=22 August 2011 }}, Sinnfein.ie; accessed 3 March 2017</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/local-elections-2019/sinn-fein-select-unseated-councillor-mchugh-to-replace-mla-38093882.html |title=Sinn Fein select unseated councillor McHugh to replace MLA |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |date=8 May 2019 |accessdate=23 December 2019}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120424112640/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Your-MLAs/List-of-MLAs/Boyle-Michaela/ Link to profile on Northern Ireland Assembly website]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|ni/ass}} {{s-bef | before = Claire McGill }} {{s-ttl | title = MLA for West Tyrone | years = 2011–2019 }} {{s-aft|after=Maolíosa McHugh}} {{s-end}}

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