Francis Chaine (Chinese: 陳肇川; born 1921) was a Hong Kong lawyer and politician. He was an elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1983.

Chaine was born in Hong Kong in 1921 and was educated at Wah Yan College and the Inns of Court School of Law. He started to practice in 1960. He was also the secretary and legal adviser of the South China Athletic Association and also the chairman of the Hong Kong Football Association in 1968. He also co-founded the Hong Kong Tenpin Bowling Congress and was its first and second term chairman.[1] He first contested in the Urban Council election in 1979 for the Reform Club of Hong Kong but was not elected. He ran again in 1981 and was elected with 3,467 votes. He ran in the Southern District when the new Urban Council district-based electoral method was introduced in the 1983 election, but was defeated by Joseph Chan Yuek-sut.

References

  1. ^ "南華體育會全力支持陳肇川先生競選市局議員". 香港工商日報. 1979-02-15.
Political offices Preceded byHenry Hu Member of the Urban Council 1981–1983 Succeeded byJoseph Chan