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{{Short description|Northern Irish politician (1930–2012)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = November 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Joe Coggle
| office        = [[High Sheriff of Belfast]]
| term_start    = 1995
| term_end      = 1996
| predecessor   = John Parkes
| successor     = Steve McBride
| term_start1   = 1991
| term_end1     = 1992
| predecessor1  = [[Jim Kirkpatrick (Northern Ireland politician)|Jim Kirkpatrick]]
| successor1    = [[Thomas Patton]]
| office2       = Member of <br/> [[Belfast City Council]]
| constituency2 = [[Court (District Electoral Area)|Court]]
| term_start2   = 15 May 1985
| term_end2     = 21 May 1997
| predecessor2  = ''New district''
| successor2    = [[Frank McCoubrey]]
| constituency3 = [[Belfast Area G]]
| term_start3   = 20 May 1981
| term_end3     = 15 May 1985
| predecessor3  = Herbert Ditty
| successor3    = ''District abolished''
| birth_date    = November 1930 <ref>{{cite web|title = Alderman Joseph Addis COGGLE|url = https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/8g2QN6_pERJpsEC-rFxJudHPQ-g/appointments|website = Companies House|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref>
| birth_place   = [[Shankhill Road|Shankhill, Belfast]], Northern Ireland
| death_date    = August 2012
| party         = [[Independent Unionist]] (from 1985)
| otherparty    = [[Democratic Unionist Party|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.<ref>{{cite web|title = High Sheriffs of Belfast since 1990|url = https://jeffdudgeon.com/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Northern-Ireland-political-issues/High-Sheriffs-of-Belfast-list-from-1900.docx|website = Jeffrey Dudgeon MBE|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref>
He served on [[Belfast City Council]] from [[1981 Belfast City Council election|1981]] until [[1997 Belfast City Council election|1997]], latterly for the [[Court (District Electoral Area)|Court DEA]].
==Background==
As a member of the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] (DUP), Coggle was elected to [[Belfast City Council]] in [[1981 Northern Ireland local elections|1981]] for the [[Belfast Area G|Belfast Area G district]]. <ref>{{cite web|title = 1981 Belfast Area G results|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/xls/lgov/1981/lg81-BT-Area-G.xls|website = Ark elections|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref>
By [[1985 Belfast City Council election|1985]], he had resigned from the DUP, and was instead re-elected as an [[Independent unionist|independent unionist]] for the new [[Court (District Electoral Area)|Court district]].<ref>{{cite web|title = 1985 Court results|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/xls/lgov/1989/lg89-BT-Court.xls|website = Ark elections|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref>
In 1986, Coggle was seen attending the funeral of  murdered [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) commander, [[John Bingham (loyalist)|John Bingham]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Belfast mayorality: inconsistency|url = https://sluggerotoole.com/2002/11/11/belfast-mayorality-inconsistency/|website = Slugger O'Toole|date = 11 November 2002|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref> He described Bingham as “the best” in a [[Belfast Telegraph]] obituary.<ref>{{cite web|title = Trevor King (Kingso) 1953 – 1994. Ulster Volunteer Force|url = https://belfastchildis.com/2016/06/16/trevor-king-kingso-1953-1994-ulster-volunteer-force/|website = John Chambers - Belfast Child Blog|date = 16 June 2016|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref>
He was defeated by the [[Ulster Democratic Party|Ulster Democratic Party’s]] [[Frank McCoubrey]] at the [[1997 Northern Ireland local elections|1997 local elections]]. <ref>{{cite web|title = 1997 Court results|url = https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/xls/lgov/1997/lg97-BT-Court.xls|website = Ark elections|access-date = 14 November 2024}}</ref>
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[[Category: High sheriffs of Belfast]]
[[Category: Members of Belfast City Council]]
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[[Category: 2012 deaths]]