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{{Infobox_Premier | name =James Goodall Francis
| nationality =[[Australian]]
| order =9th [[Premier of Victoria]]
| term_start =[[10 June]] [[1872]]
| term_end =[[31 July ]] [[1874]]
| predecessor =[[Charles Gavan Duffy]]
| successor =[[George Kerferd]]
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| birth_date =[[9 January]] [[1819]]
| birth_place =[[London]], [[England ]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|1884|1|25|1819|1|9|df=y}}
| death_place =[[Queenscliff]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
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| spouse =Mary Grant, née Ogilvie
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| religion =[[Anglican]]
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'''James Goodall Francis''' ([[9 January]] [[1819]] – [[25 January]] [[1884]]), [[Australian]] colonial politician, was the 9th [[Premier of Victoria]]. Francis was born in [[London]], and emigrated to [[Van Diemen's Land]] (later [[Tasmania]]) in [[1847]], where he became a businessman. He moved to [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in [[1853]] and became a leading [[Melbourne]] merchant. He was a director of the [[Bank of New South Wales]] and president of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. He married Mary Ogilvie and had eight sons and seven daughters.
Francis was elected as a conservative for [[Richmond, Victoria|Richmond]] in [[1859]], and later also represented [[Warrnambool, Victoria|Warrnambool]]. He was seen as a leading representative of business interests. He was Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works and Commissioner of Public Works [[1859]]–[[1860|60]], Commissioner of Trade and Customs [[1863]]–[[1868|68]] in the second government of [[James McCulloch]] and Treasurer in the third McCulloch government [[1870]]–[[1871|71]]. When the liberal government of [[Charles Gavan Duffy]] was defeated in June [[1872]], Francis became Premier and Chief Secretary.
Francis's government, like most of its predecessors, was dominated by the education and land issues, and by conflict between the Assembly and the [[Victorian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]]. His government passed the [[1872]] Education Act, but was defeated when it tried to pass a bill establishing a procedure for resolving deadlocks between the two Houses. He resigned as a result in July [[1874]]. He was later a minister without portfolio in the government of [[James Service]] in [[1880]]. He retired from politics in [[1884]], declining a knighthood. He died in [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]] in [[1884]].
==References==
*Geoff Browne, ''A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1900-84'', Government Printer, Melbourne, 1985
*Don Garden, ''Victoria: A History'', Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984
*Kathleen Thompson and Geoffrey Serle, ''A Biographical Register of the Victorian Parliament, 1856-1900'', Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972
* Raymond Wright, ''A People's Counsel. A History of the Parliament of Victoria, 1856-1990'', Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992
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