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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. At the time of his initial election, he was a minister, and the pastor at the Osoyoos Pentecostal Church in Osoyoos, British Columbia. He later worked in Revelstoke, British Columbia following his resignation. 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.

References

1. "Socred Ministers Leave to Battle For House Seats". Nanaimo Daily News. November 3, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
2. "Nominated As Co.-Cred. Candidate". Nanaimo Daily News. May 1, 1952. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
3. "Plenty of Plums of Volunteer". The Vancouver Sun. September 15, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
4. "Search Our Collection - Royal BC Museum". search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

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