William Hoyle (politician)

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William Henry Hoyle (August 28, 1842 – October 27, 1918) was an English-born furniture maker and Conservative politician in Ontario, Canada. Born in the Port of Barnstaple, Devonshire, England, he studied there before moving to Canada and settling in Cannington, Ontario, where he worked as a cabinet maker and upholsterer. Hoyle served on the Cannington School Board as secretary-treasurer and became reeve of Cannington in 1895. He helped found All Saints Anglican Church and held leadership roles in fraternal organizations, serving as Grand Master of the Orange Order in Ontario in 1898 and Grand Master of the local chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows. He was elected as the Conservative Member of the Provincial Parliament for Ontario North in 1898 and remained in office until his death in 1918. Hoyle was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1912 to 1914. He died in Toronto in 1918 at the age of 76.