Luke Furner

Luke Lidiard Furner (1837 – 24 June 1912) was a politician in colonial South Australia, Commissioner of Public Works 1886 to 1887.[1][2]

Furner was born in Lymington, Hampshire, England, and at his Age of majority travelled to Melbourne, Australia, in the Mermaid, later moving to Adelaide, South Australia.[2] Furner was in business in Goolwa and Moonta, South Australia, where he founded the auctioneering firm of Moody, Furner, and Co. which lasted until 1885.[2] Furner was mayor of Moonta three times and was Worshipful Master of the local Lodge of Freemasons.[2]

Furner was elected to the South Australian House of Assembly for Wallaroo on 5 April 1878, a seat he held until 8 April 1890.[1] Furner was Commissioner of Public Works in the John Downer administration[3] from 8 June 1886 to 11 June 1887.[1] He contested the 1891 Wallaroo by-election.

Furner died in Prospect, South Australia on 24 June 1912.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mr Luke Furner". Former Members of the Parliament of South Australia.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "An Old Ex-Legislator". The Register (Adelaide, S.A.: National Library of Australia). 25 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Wikisource link to Furner, Luke Lydiard". The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co. Wikisource
Political offices
Preceded by
John Spence		 Commissioner of Public Works
1886–1887 		Succeeded by
Alfred Catt
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