Grosvenor Francis

Who was Grosvenor Francis?

Grosvenor Arundell Francis was an Australian politician. He was the Nationalist Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Kennedy from the 1925 election until his defeat by Darby Riordan at the 1929 election.

Francis was brought up in Normanton and educated at Brisbane Grammar School. He had been a solicitor in Charters Towers since 1901, specialising in pastoral and mining interests. He was a director of the North Queensland Worsteel and Woollen Mills, Ltd.

Francis was declared elected unopposed at the 1925 election when the sitting Labor member, Charles McDonald died on 13 November 1925, the day before the election.