Lloyd Francis

Ken Binks
In office June 25, 1968 – October 30, 1972
Preceded by	George McIlraith
Succeeded by	Peter Reilly
Member of Parliament for Carleton
In office April 8, 1963 – November 8, 1965
Preceded by	Dick Bell
Succeeded by	Dick Bell
Personal details
Born	(1920-03-19)March 19, 1920 Ottawa, Ontario
Died	January 20, 2007(2007-01-20) (aged 86)
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Profession	Businessman

Cyril Lloyd Francis

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Biography

Following service in the

as a senior economist.

In 1956, Francis and partner, lawyer Donald Sim, carrying on business as Lynhar Developments, acquired and laid out the Stinson Avenue area of Bells Corners in Nepean. They quickly formed a partnership with William Teron, T.F.S. Lands, to build the houses in Lynwood Village.[2]

The Lynwood Plaza at Bells Corners was built by Francis and Sim's Lynhar Developments and included what would become the landmark Robinson IGA.

Long time Nepean Reeve D. Aubrey Moodie, in his book, "The Spirit of Nepean" described Francis as one of the contributors to the foundation of Nepean.^[3] Moodie explains about the introduction of lot levies, now known as development charges, and how they contributed to the financial stability of Nepean Township. It was the transfer of large sums of money in the form of lot levies, along with Francis and Teron's aggressive development activity that enabled much of Nepean's Parkwood Hills and Bells Corners neighbourhoods to be built. To the pleasure of some and the disdain of others, Mr. Francis was one of a list of individuals credited with the introduction of lot levies as a development finance tool that is relied upon to this day to fund infrastructure commensurate with new residential developments.

In 1958, Francis became President of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, a union representing civil servants in certain professions. In 1959, he entered municipal politics by being elected alderman on Ottawa City Council. From 1960 to 1963, he served on the city's Board of Control and as Deputy Mayor.

He entered federal politics as a Liberal candidate in the 1962 election but was defeated in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton. His electoral record was mixed throughout his career and he would only win election on alternate attempts. Accordingly, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Carleton from 1963 to 1965 and then for Ottawa West in 1968–1972, 1974–1979 and 1980–1984. In his autobiography, Ottawa Boy, Francis described his anger when, in 1974, Liberal Party insiders tried to "parachute" in an alternate candidate, Byron Hyde, a politically inexperienced outsider, to run against him, to be the Liberal Party candidate for his riding.^[1]

He served as Chief Government

from 1975 to 1976.

In 1980, he became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons. He succeeded Jeanne Sauvé as Speaker on January 15, 1984, when Sauvé became Governor General of Canada.

The Liberal government was defeated in the

. His term as Speaker ended when the new House of Commons convened in November of that year.

On the conclusion of his term as Speaker, Francis was appointed to the

. Francis returned to Ottawa at the conclusion of his appointment in 1987.

He died in January 2007, after suffering from stomach cancer.

The Francis Tapes

In 1985, prior to him leaving to Portugal as Canada's Ambassador, Francis gave a revealing interview in recorded tapes made for the Public Archives of Canada and the Library of Parliament as part of historical archives that he claimed to have thought would be released only 15 or 25 years later.[4] The tapes revealed alleged sexual harassment and fraud in the House of Commons.

Electoral record

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Bell	32,456	43.90	–2.39
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	31,523	42.64	–5.37
	New Democratic	Donald V. Stirling	9,953	13.46	+8.79
Total valid votes			73,932	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+1.49

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lloyd Francis	32,325	48.01	+6.02
	Progressive Conservative	Dick Bell	31,168	46.29	–5.40
	New Democratic	Lewis Hanley	3,144	4.67	–0.19
	Social Credit	Harold Herbert Splett	699	1.04	–0.44
Total valid votes			67,336	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+5.71

References

External links

• CBC, Former Ottawa MP, Speaker Lloyd Francis dies, January 22, 2007.
• Ottawa Citizen, 'He taught us the duty of public service', January 22, 2007.
• Biography of Cyril Lloyd Francis from the Library of Parliament.
• Lloyd Francis – Parliament of Canada biography

Political offices
Preceded by Bernard Pilon	Chief Government Whip 1970–1971	Succeeded by Grant Deachman
Preceded by Gérald Laniel	Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons April 14, 1980 – January 15, 1984	Succeeded by Eymard Corbin
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Lucien Lamoureux	Canadian Ambassador to Portugal 1984–1987	Succeeded by Geoffrey Franklin Bruce