Grosvenor Arundell Francis (14 August 1873 – 30 November 1944) was an Australia

Australia

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n politician. He was the Nationalist Party

Nationalist Party of Australia

The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...

 member for the House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 seat of Kennedy

Division of Kennedy

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 from the 1925 election

Australian federal election, 1925

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 until his defeat by Darby Riordan

Darby Riordan

David "Darby" Riordan was an Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Kennedy from his defeat of Grosvenor Francis at the 1929 election until his death. He was succeeded by his nephew, Bill Riordan...

 at the 1929 election

Australian federal election, 1929

Federal elections were held in Australia on 12 October 1929. All 75 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election, with no Senate seats up for election, as a result of Billy Hughes and other rebel backbenchers crossing the floor over industrial relations legislation, depriving the...

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Francis was brought up in Normanton

Normanton, Queensland

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 and educated at Brisbane Grammar School

Brisbane Grammar School

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. He had been a solicitor in Charters Towers

Charters Towers, Queensland

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 since 1901, specialising in pastoral and mining interests. He was a director of the North Queensland Worsteel and Woollen Mills (Charters Towers), Ltd.

Francis was declared elected unopposed at the 1925 election when the sitting Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member, Charles McDonald

Charles McDonald (Australian politician)

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died on 13 November 1925, the day before the election.