Michaela Boyle
Michaela Boyle is a Sinn Féin politician in Northern Ireland. In 2008, she was co-opted onto Strabane District Council to fill the vacancy left by the death of her party colleague Cllr Ivan Barr. She served as Chairperson of Council from 2010-2011. She was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2011 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the West Tyrone constituency. She was re-elected in 2016 and 2017
Career
She was co-opted to Strabane District Council in 2008.Boyle was elected to Derry City and Strabane District Council at the local elections on 2 May 2019. She was elected as Mayor of the Council at its first sitting following the council election. She then resigned her Assembly seat, and Maolíosa McHugh was co-opted to the Assembly in her place.