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♂ Henry D. Francis
aliasHenry D. Francis
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 50%
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British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth 28 July 1921 → 102 years + 9 months ago
Lived 65 years + 9 months
First mandate 12 June 1952 → 71 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 30 years + 10 months
Death 2 May 1987 → 36 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 34 years + 6 months after 4 October 1952
Special notes
None
 

Henry D. Francis (1921–1987)
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Family tie with other documented individual
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Well that's interesting!
Elected Social Credit candidate in Similkameen in the 1952 British Columbia general election, Francis never got to take his seat. He resigned to allow unelected finance minister Einar Gunderson to run for it in a by-election, and then failed to get re-elected in Revelstoke in the 1953 general election. Gunderson also failed to get re-elected in 1953 when he ran in Oak Bay, but the seat of Similkameen remained in the hands of Social Credit... until 1988!
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 0 3 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Maurice P. Finnerty  m 
⊖ Vincent S. Segur  m 
 		 ⊖ Arvid W. Lundell  m 
 
Eligible: 15,043 Votes: 11,019 Participation: 73.25% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
12 June 1952
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29758(F) — 4 Mar 2022 09:35 ET
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 → New to this legislature
Age
30
SC
 1/4 3,344 31.19% -89 Loser:
CFF
 3,433 32.02% Harold S. Kenyon
After his election:
4 Oct 1952 31
SC
 →
Vac.
 To vacate the seat for someone else
Service: 3 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 15,043 Votes: 9,484 Participation: 63.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 British Columbia
24 November 1952
By-Election
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Minority
ID: 29776(F) — 4 Mar 2022 09:44 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
31		 Successor:
SC
 5,556 59.74% Einar M. Gunderson
Eligible: 3,572 Votes: 3,437 Participation: 96.22% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
24		 British Columbia
10 June 1953
General
Instant runoff/Alt.
Gov't  SC  Majority
ID: 29805(F) — 4 Mar 2022 10:31 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
31
SC
 2/4 639 23.48% -370 Winner:
CFF
 1,009 37.08% Vincent S. Segur

Online biographical reference

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EN Wikipedia
Harry Denyer Francis		 23 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Dec 2023 20:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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