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 The Honourable C, Lloyd Francis B.A.,M.A.,Ph.D.,P.C. Posted by:  The Burrow
N 45° 15.442 W 075° 42.634
18T E 444247 N 5011786
The Honourable Cyril Lloyd Francis B.A.,M.A.,Ph.D.,P.C., 30th Speaker, house of Commons, Canada
Waymark Code: WMKMVX
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/04/2014
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As a student at the University of Toronto in the early 1940s, Lloyd Francis had been Speaker of the annual Queen’s University model parliament. He regarded this as his introduction to the legislative process, as he went on to serve as an Ottawa city alderman, federal MP and Speaker of the House of Commons. Previously as a Liberal MP, Francis had been something of a gadfly in opposing his own government’s policies that he felt were not in the best interests of his constituents, a large proportion of whom were federal public servants. While Speaker he turned more to improving the administration of the House and its employees, continuing work that he had begun with Sauvé. A man of strong principles, he tended to guide the House with a firmer hand than some other Speakers. His better-known rulings concerned the authority of the Chair, dilatory motions and the decorum of the House. After Francis’s defeat in the 1984 general election, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed him Ambassador to Portugal. source: ( visit link)
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A notable incident occurred at 1:00 a.m. on October 24, 1980, when he was in the Chair replacing the Speaker, Jeanne Sauvé. At the government’s instigation Francis was responsible for implementing closure — a motion to curtail proceedings — during the debate about Canada’s constitution. As he started to put the motion, five opposition members walked up to the Speaker’s Chair and loudly demanded their right to be heard. Francis coolly continued, while close by on his left a Progressive Conservative member nearly came to fisticuffs while trying to protect former Prime Minister Clark from an angry member of the government.
Towards the end of 1983 Francis was effectively Speaker, as Sauvé suffered increasingly from ill health. Appointed Governor General, she resigned the Speakership in January 1984. Prime Minister Trudeau — impressed by Francis’s work as Deputy Speaker — nominated him as Speaker.
source: http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/Speakers/Hoc/sp-30Francis-e.htm
Date of birth: 03/19/1920
Date of death: 01/20/2007
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Horizontal Marker
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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