1. Henry Clement Hoyle was an Australian politician and rugby league football administrator of the 1890s and 1900s.
19 Facts About Henry Hoyle
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The son of a sea captain, Henry Hoyle was born in Millers Point, New South Wales on 20 November 1852.
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Henry Hoyle was educated at a Balmain convent school and Fort Street Public School.
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Henry Hoyle gained employment for the New South Wales Government Railways in 1876.
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Henry Hoyle was a founding member of the Railway and Tramway Service Association of New South Wales, becoming its first president in 1885.
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In 1891, as a member of the Protectionist Party, Henry Hoyle was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the four-member seat of Redfern.
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At the following election in 1898, Henry Hoyle stood as the National Federal Party candidate for the seat of Sydney-Belmore, but was unsuccessful against the sitting Free Trade Party member, James Graham.
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On 8 August 1907 at Bateman's Crystal Hotel, George Street, Henry Hoyle chaired a meeting of fifty, comprising several leading rugby players and officials.
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The New South Wales Rugby Football League was founded and Henry Hoyle was elected its first president.
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Henry Hoyle then went about making arrangements for a New South Wales representative rugby team to host New Zealand's like-minded All Golds touring side.
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Henry Hoyle then chaired meetings around Sydney at which he gave speeches to help attract players and clubs to the newly created league, ending up with nine.
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Harry Henry Hoyle was later awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1914.
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Henry Hoyle joined the Labor Party before the 1910 election and became the member for the Surry Hills, defeating his former opponent James Graham.
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Henry Hoyle was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911 and was a Trustee of Taronga Park from 1912 until 1926.
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Henry Hoyle was promoted to Secretary for Mines and Minister for Labour and Industry in October 1916.
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In November 1916 Labor split over conscription, when Premier Holman, and twenty of his supporters, including Henry Hoyle were expelled from the party for defying party policy and supporting conscription.
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Henry Hoyle joined Holman's grand coalition with the members of the various conservative parties which became the Nationalist Party but was not retained in Holman's new Nationalist ministry.
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Henry Hoyle died on 20 July 1926 in Vaucluse, New South Wales.
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Henry Hoyle was buried at South Head Cemetery on 21 July 1926.