Mary Doyle MP takes to the podium with Deputy PM Richard Marles as she claims victory in front of supporters after winning the seat of Aston for ALP with 54% of the vote in Melbourne,Australia.
Doyle is the youngest of nine children.[4][5] She was born and raised in Echuca,[5][4] where her family lived in public housing.[1] Doyle attended secondary school in Bendigo.[1] At the age of 17,Doyle moved to suburban Melbourne.[4][5]
Doyle attended TAFE to study Performing Arts.[4] She is a singer and a performer.[4] In the 1990s she was active in the local Melbourne music scene as a singer.[4] She was a vocalist in Australian indie bands The Late Mail[6] and The Beautiful Few.[7] She also plays the ukulele.
In 2010,Doyle appeared on the Australian television soap opera Neighbours.[8] 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. [4]
Politics
Doyle previously contested the seat in the 2022 federal election.[9] 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.[10]
The result of the by-election marked the first time since 1920 that a government has won a by-election from the opposition.[3] At the start of the by-election,Doyle lived in the suburb of Mitcham,located in the neighbouring Deakin electorate.[11][12] She now lives in Wantirna South,within the electorate.
Personal life
Doyle was married in 1998.[4] She has a son and a daughter.[4][5] She was divorced in 2016,[1] raising her children as a single mother. She is also guardian to her great-niece.[4][5]
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