Joe Coggle

Joe Coggle
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office
January 1995 – January 1996
Preceded byJohn Parkes
Succeeded bySteve McBride
In office
January 1991 – January 1992
Preceded byJim Kirkpatrick
Succeeded byThomas Patton
Member of
Belfast City Council
In office
15 May 1985 – 21 May 1997
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byFrank McCoubrey
ConstituencyCourt
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byHerbert Ditty
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyBelfast Area G
Personal details
BornNovember 1930 [1]
Shankhill, Belfast, Northern Ireland
DiedAugust 2012
Political partyIndependent Unionist (from 1985)
Other political
affiliations		DUP (before 1985)

Joseph Addis Coggle (November 1930 – August 2012) was a Northern Irish Ulster Loyalist politician who was High Sheriff of Belfast between 1991 to 1992, and 1995 to 1996, respectively.[2] He served on Belfast City Council from 1981 until 1997, latterly for the Court DEA.

Background

As a member of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Coggle was elected to Belfast City Council in 1981 for the Belfast Area G district. [3]

By 1985, he had resigned from the DUP, and was instead re-elected as an independent unionist for the new Court district.[4]

In 1986, Coggle was seen attending the funeral of murdered Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) commander, John Bingham.[5] He described Bingham as “the best” in a Belfast Telegraph obituary.[6]

He was defeated by the Ulster Democratic Party’s Frank McCoubrey at the 1997 local elections. [7]

References

  1. ^ "Alderman Joseph Addis COGGLE". Companies House. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  2. ^ "High Sheriffs of Belfast since 1990". Jeffrey Dudgeon MBE. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "1981 Belfast Area G results". Ark elections. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  4. ^ "1985 Court results". Ark elections. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Belfast mayorality: inconsistency". Slugger O'Toole. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Trevor King (Kingso) 1953 – 1994. Ulster Volunteer Force". John Chambers - Belfast Child Blog. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ "1997 Court results". Ark elections. Retrieved 14 November 2024.