Ed Doyle (politician)

Edward Doyle (born November 30, 1935) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.

He worked as a radio and television news journalist in Montreal, Kitchener and Hamilton, and was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association.

Doyle was elected to the Ontario legislature in the Hamilton-area riding of Wentworth East in the 1995 provincial election, defeating Liberal Shirley Collins and incumbent New Democrat Mark Morrow by a plurality of about 3,606 votes.

He did play a major role in parliament, he stood in as speaker of the assembly from September 26 to October 2, 1996, after the resignation of Al McLean.

[2] Doyle did not support amalgamating the city of Hamilton, and co-chaired a series of provincial consultations on the Canada Pension Plan in 1996.