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Lyle was born in Smiths Falls , Canada West (now Ontario ), to a family that had emigrated from Ireland in 1848 . He was educated at Smiths Falls and Morrisburg . He went to Manitoba in 1886 , and returned in 1891 after a period in British Columbia . Lyle was a farmer, and a breeder of purebred Clydesdales. In religion, he was a Presbyterian .

He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1907 Provincial Election , and lost to Liberal candidate John Williams by three votes in the Arthur constituency. He ran again in the 1910 Election , and defeated Lyle by 175 votes. The Conservatives won the election, and Lyle served in the legislature as a backbench supporter of Rodmond Palen Roblin 's government.

He lost his constituency seat to Williams by 66 votes in the 1914 Election .