Harry Denyer Francis

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name =Harry Denyer Francis

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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

| predecessor =Maurice Finnerty

| successor =Einar Maynard Gunderson

| term_start =June 12, 1952

| term_end =October 4, 1952

| constituency=Similkameen

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| birth_date ={{birth date|1921|7|28}}

| birth_place =Victoria, British Columbia

| death_date ={{death date and age|1987|5|2|1921|7|28}}

| death_place=Victoria, British Columbia

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| spouse =Grace Richmond

| party =British Columbia Social Credit Party

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| occupation=minister

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Harry Denyer Francis (July 28, 1921 – May 2, 1987) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia briefly in 1952 from the electoral district of Similkameen, a member of the Social Credit party. He later resigned his seat in order for then-unelected finance minister Einar Maynard Gunderson to run for a seat in the legislature.{{cite news|title=Socred Ministers Leave to Battle For House Seats|date=November 3, 1952|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25998558/nanaimo_daily_news/|newspaper=Nanaimo Daily News|accessdate=December 5, 2018}} At the time of his initial election, he was a minister, and the pastor at the Osoyoos Pentecostal Church in Osoyoos, British Columbia.{{cite news|title=Nominated As Co.-Cred. Candidate|newspaper=Nanaimo Daily News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25998596/nanaimo_daily_news/|date=May 1, 1952|accessdate=December 5, 2018}} He later worked in Revelstoke, British Columbia following his resignation.{{Cite news|title=Plenty of Plums of Volunteer|date=September 15, 1966|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25998660/the_vancouver_sun/|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|accessdate=December 5, 2018}} He was also an unsuccessful Social Credit Party candidate in the 1953 provincial election in the riding of Revelstoke. He died in 1987 following a cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite web|url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/f04d3f0e-0489-4642-9adf-664778e8f75a|title=Search Our Collection - Royal BC Museum|website=search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}