Henry_Coyle_(politician)
Henry Coyle (politician)
Irish politician (died 1936)
Henry Coyle (died 29 May 1979) was a National Army officer and later a Cumann na nGaedheal politician.[1]
He was elected at the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil as Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo North.[2] In 1924, Coyle was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for bouncing cheques.[3] Because his sentence was for more than six months, he was disqualified from the Oireachtas from 9 May 1924 under Section 51 of the Electoral Act 1923.[1] The by-election caused by his disqualification was won by John Madden of Sinn Féin.[2]
Coyle remains the only TD to have been disqualified in this way.[3]