Politics
Doyle joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1958, and became president of the South Yarra Branch. He was a Councillor for the City of Prahran from 1965 to 1967 and he was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Gisborne from 1967 to 1971.
Tom Reynolds, one of his political successors in the seat of Gisborne, described the challenge to follow in the footsteps of Doyle an “illustrious man” with the “obvious talents” of “height, good looks, a law degree, being able to sing or to play the bass fiddle”. Upon the news of Doyle's death in 2007, Parliament stood in silence as a sign as a mark of respect.
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