William Lyle (30 March 1871 – 2 August 1949)[1] was a Northern Irish medical doctor and Ulster Unionist Party politician.
Lyle was a graduate of Queen's University Belfast[2] who became a medical Officer for Newtownstewart in County Tyrone.
[1] A member of Tyrone County Council,[1] he stood as the Ulster Unionist candidate at a by-election on 19 October 1942 for the Queen's University of Belfast constituency, and was elected unopposed.
[4] On 15 December 1942, the Commons debated a motion proposed by Lyle for the creation of a dedicated Ministry of Health, in view of the sweeping changes needed to implement the recently-published Beveridge Report.
Lyle accused the minister of repeatedly setting up committees on public health issues, but then not acting on their reports.