Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sir Francis Hincks Sir Francis Hincks (1807-1885) was born in Cork, Ireland. He was a member of Parliament for Oxford County in 1841 and Premier of Canada West from 1851 to 1854. He was also an editor of the Toronto Express newspaper. He was dedicated to the cause of responsible government. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.