Desley Carole Boyle is an Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 politician

Politician

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. Boyle represents the electoral district of Cairns

Electoral district of Cairns

The electoral district of Cairns is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland...

, Queensland

Queensland

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 in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 and was elected in the 1998 State election

Career

Boyle was the director and clinical psychologist for Desley Boyle and Associates, in Cairns. She held a position with the Cairns' local government from 1988 to 1994, including two years as Deputy Mayor.

Between 2004 and 2007 Doyle held various Ministry positions with the former Peter Beattie

Peter Beattie

Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...

 Labor Government including Minister for Child Safety (13 September 2006–13 September 2007, Minister for Environment, Local Government, Planning and Women of Queensland (25 August 2004–13 September 2006, Minister for Local Government and Planning and Women of Queensland (11 March 2004–25 August 2004) and Minister for Local Government and Planning (12 February 2004–11 March 2004).

In 2007 Boyle became the Queensland Minister for Tourism, Regional Development and Industry within the earlier Anna Bligh

Anna Bligh

Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the Premier of Queensland since 2007. The 2009 Queensland state election was the first time a female-led political party won or retained state or federal government in Australia...

 Labor

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 Government.

Following the 2009 Queensland State elections (held 21 March 2009), Premier Anna Bligh

Anna Bligh

Anna Maria Bligh is an Australian politician and the Premier of Queensland since 2007. The 2009 Queensland state election was the first time a female-led political party won or retained state or federal government in Australia...

appointed Boyle as Queensland's Minister for Local Government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Partnerships

Personal life

Desley lives in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland. She has three children and three grandchildren. Her hobbies include theater, film and contemporary music.

External links

• ABC's "2009 State Elections Results for Cairns Accessed 22 March 2009