Francis Xavier Joyce (August 6, 1920 – January 3, 1983) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and in the Boston City Council.

[5] During World War II Joyce served in the United States Navy aboard an aircraft carrier for three years.

[6] When first elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives at the age of 28 in 1949, Joyce resided in the Dorchester neighborhood of the City of Boston.

Upon his passing, then State Secretary Kevin H. White, noted that “[t]he Commonwealth has lost a man whose name and public service is synonymous with integrity and complete dedication”.

such other young and promising World War II veterans as twenty-eight-year-old Frederick Hailer of Roslindale and thirty-one-year-old Francis X. Joyce .

.”[16] Endorsed by "a liberal political action group" known as the New Boston Committee, Joyce won a seat on the new nine- member city council in 1951.

[17] During his first term on the city council, in 1952 Joyce challenged then Congressman John W. McCormack in a Democratic primary election in the 12th Congressional District in Massachusetts.

He held this position and remained active in the family heating oil business until died of an aneurism in Carney Hospital in Dorchester on January 3, 1983.