Cyril Lloyd Francis (March 19, 1920 – January 20, 2007) was a Canadian politician and speaker of the House of Commons.
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. 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. The tapes revealed alleged sexual harassment and fraud in the House of Commons.
Electoral record
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|Liberal
|Lloyd Francis
|align="right"| 23,750 || 52.61
|Progressive Conservative
|Richard A. Bell
|align="right"|16,392 || 36.31
|New Democratic
|Ralph Sutherland
|align="right"| 5,003 || 11.08
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Peter Reilly
|align="right"| 22,169
|Liberal
|Lloyd Francis
|align="right"| 18,423
|New Democratic
|Pauline Jewett
|align="right"| 13,498
|Social Credit
|Priscilla Hamelin
|align="right"| 245
|-
|Liberal
|Lloyd Francis
|align="right"| 23,604
|Progressive Conservative
|Peter Reilly
|align="right"| 21,838
|New Democratic
|Doris Shackleton
|align="right"| 6,480
|No affiliation
|Lawrence F. Sullivan
|align="right"| 432
|Social Credit
|Jacques Lapointe
|align="right"|192
|Communist
|Jean Greatbatch
|align="right"| 78
|Marxist–Leninist
|Richard Bowen
|align="right"| 67
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|Kenneth Binks
|align="right"|24,981
|Liberal
|Lloyd Francis
|align="right"| 22,985
|New Democratic
|Abby Pollonetsky
|align="right"| 7,051
|Independent
|John Turmel
|align="right"| 193
|-
|Liberal
|Lloyd Francis
|align="right"| 22,460
|Progressive Conservative
|Kenneth Binks
|align="right"| 21,940
|New Democratic
|Abby Pollonetsky
|align="right"| 5,955
|Independent
|John A. Clark
|align="right"| 398
|-
|Progressive Conservative
|David Daubney
|align="right"|26,591
|Liberal
|Lloyd Francis
|align="right"| 19,314
|New Democratic
|Ross Chapman
|align="right"| 8,304
|Independent
|Thérèse Turmel
|align="right"|285
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.