# Francis Longmore

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Francis_Longmore
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Francis_Longmore.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Longmore
> Source revision: 1283569361
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
thumb|Francis Longmore, 1869 engraving
'''Francis Longmore''' (1826 – 1 May 1898) was a politician in colonial [Victoria](/source/Colony_of_Victoria), commissioner of railways and roads 1869 to 1870 and for Crown Lands 1875 and 1877 to 1880.<ref>
{{Australian Dictionary of Biography
 |first=Jacqueline |last=Clarke
 |title=Longmore, Francis (1826–1898)
 |longmore-francis-4036
 |access-date=6 January 2014}}</ref>

Longmore was the youngest son of George Longmore, a farmer in [Monaghan](/source/Monaghan), Ireland. He was educated at Mr. Blackey's Presbyterian Academy, Monaghan, and in 1839 went to Australia with the members of his family, who settled in New South Wales, where he followed farming pursuits till 1851, when he started business in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) as a commission agent. The next year he moved to Victoria, where from 1854 he farmed land in the Learmonth district.<ref name=Mennell>{{cite Australasia|Longmore, Hon. Francis}}</ref>

In 1856 Longmore began to take an active part in public affairs, being a strong opponent of the abuses of the land system.<ref name="Mennell" /> In 1859 he stood for [Ripon and Hampden](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ripon_and_Hampden) in the [Victorian Legislative Assembly](/source/Victorian_Legislative_Assembly), but was defeated by [James Service](/source/James_Service).<ref name="parl" /> In November 1864 he was successful against another opponent. In the Assembly he distinguished himself as a strong Liberal, Protectionist, and land reformer. He held office as commissioner of railways and Vice-[President of the Board of Land and Works](/source/President_of_the_Board_of_Land_and_Works) under [Charles Gavan Duffy](/source/Charles_Gavan_Duffy_(Australian_politician)) from June 1871 to June 1872, and was Minister of Lands under [Graham Berry](/source/Graham_Berry) from August to October 1875. In the second Berry Government, which lasted from May 1877 till March 1880, he held the same position, distinguishing himself as a Minister by his vehement opposition to squatting and support of small settlement.<ref name="Mennell" /> Longmore was defeated for Ripon and Hampden in 1883, but represented [Dandenong and Berwick](/source/Electoral_district_of_Dandenong_and_Berwick) from October 1894 to September 1897.<ref name=parl>
{{cite re-member
 |num2=647
 |name=Francis Longmore
 |accessdate=27 August 2022}}</ref>

Longmore died in [Malvern, Victoria](/source/Malvern%2C_Victoria), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) on 1 May 1898.<ref name="parl" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Longmore, Francis}}
Category:1826 births
Category:1898 deaths
Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:Vice-presidents of the Board of Land and Works
Category:Presidents of the Board of Land and Works
Category:Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
Category:19th-century Australian politicians
Category:People from Monaghan (town)
Category:Ministers for agriculture (Victoria)
Category:Ministers of railways (Victoria)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Francis Longmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Longmore) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Longmore?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.