Francis Wellington Hay (November 17, 1864 – April 1, 1932) was a grain merchant and Canadian politician. Hay was born in

Listowel Listowel ( ; , IPA: �lʲɪsˠˈt̪ˠuəhəlʲ is a heritage market town in County Kerry, Ireland. It is on the River Feale, from the county town, Tralee. The town of Listowel had a population of 4,820 according to the Central Statistics Of ...

, Canada West, the son of William G. Hay. He worked for the Federal Bank for three years before entering the family grain business. He was mayor of Listowel from 1903 to 1904. Hay was defeated by

James Torrance James Torrance (September 3, 1855 – May 11, 1923) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Perth North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1905 to 1916. He was born in Edwardsburgh Townsh ...

for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1914; he won a by-election in 1916 and represented the provincial riding of

Perth North Perth North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Perth ...

until 1923. He served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in the provincial legislature from 1921 to 1923 but resigned after the one election campaign he led the party through saw the Liberals drop in representation from 27 to 14 seats. In 1926 he was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party but did not run for re-election in 1930. His uncle David Davidson Hay had previously served in the provincial assembly. His brother J. Nelson Hay also served as mayor of Listowel.

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''Listowel, Ontario, Past and Present'' (1921)''History of Perth County to 1967'', WS & HJM Johnston (1967)
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