Josiah Francis (Queensland politician)

Josiah Francis (7 March 1825 – 11 May 1891) was a miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Francis was born at St Ann's Chapel, Cornwall, England, to father John Foote Francis and was educated in St Ann's Chapel. After arriving in Australia he took up mining, working at Burra Burra in South Australia and in Ballarat and Bendigo in Victoria.

At Burra Burra in 1849 he married Elizabeth Dunstan (died 1910) and together had eight sons and six daughters. He died in Ipswich, Queensland and was buried in the Ipswich General Cemetery.

Francis was an alderman in Ipswich from 1876 until 1887. During that time he was twice Mayor, in 1878-1879 and 1884-1886.

He was the member for Ipswich in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1881-1883.