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[[File:FrancisHurdon23.jpg|thumb|right|Francis Hurdon <br> Source: Library and Archives Canada]]

'''Francis Hurdon''' (18 June 1834 &ndash; 19 December 1914) was an [[Ontario]] businessman and political figure. He represented [[Bruce South (federal electoral district)|Bruce South]] in the [[1st Canadian Parliament]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] member.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8983|nolist=yes}}</ref>

He was born in [[Camelford]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]] in 1834,<ref name="parl"/> the son of James Hurdon,<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref> and educated at [[Wadebridge]]. He was a [[grain trade|grain merchant]] in [[Kincardine, Ontario|Kincardine]] and served on the town council there.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32946/195 |page=191 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1872 |publisher=John Lovell |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry J. |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |edition=Seventh |location=Montreal}}</ref>

In 1857, Hurdon married Charlotte S. Chubb. He died in [[Toronto]] at the age of 80.<ref name="johnson"/>
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