Ernest Coyle

Ernest Augustine Coyle (2 March 1874 – 31 August 1943) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Eaglehawk to blacksmith Thomas Coyle and Harriet Kate Goodfellow.

Orphaned at a young age, he grew up with his grandmother in Rushworth, where he attended state schools.

In 1927 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Nationalist member for Waranga.

A long-time sufferer from Paget's disease, Coyle died in Rushworth in 1943.