# Luke Furner

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{{Short description|Australian politician (1837–1912)}}
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'''Luke Lidiard Furner''' (1837 – 24 June 1912) was a politician in colonial [South Australia](/source/South_Australia), Commissioner of Public Works 1886 to 1887.<ref name=parl>{{cite SA-parl |pid=3750 |name=Mr Luke Furner |former=yes |access-date=19 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=Register/>

Furner was born in [Lymington](/source/Lymington), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), England, and at his [Age of majority](/source/Age_of_majority) travelled to [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne), Australia, in the ''Mermaid'', later moving to [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), South Australia.<ref name=Register/> Furner was in business in Goolwa and [Moonta, South Australia](/source/Moonta%2C_South_Australia), where he founded the auctioneering firm of Moody, Furner, and Co. which lasted until 1885.<ref name=Register/> Furner was mayor of the [Corporate Town of Moonta](/source/Corporate_Town_of_Moonta) three times and was Worshipful Master of the local Lodge of Freemasons.<ref name=Register/>

Furner was elected to the [South Australian House of Assembly](/source/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) for [Wallaroo](/source/Electoral_district_of_Wallaroo) on 5 April 1878, a seat he held until 8 April 1890.<ref name=parl/> Furner was Commissioner of Public Works in the [John Downer](/source/John_Downer) administration<ref>{{cite Australasia|Furner, Luke Lydiard}}</ref> from 8 June 1886 to 11 June 1887.<ref name=parl/> He contested the [1891 Wallaroo by-election](/source/1891_Wallaroo_by-election).

Furner died in [Prospect, South Australia](/source/Prospect%2C_South_Australia) on 24 June 1912.<ref name=Register>
{{cite news
 |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59077796
 |newspaper=[The Register](/source/The_Register_(Adelaide))
 |title=An Old Ex-Legislator
 |location=Adelaide, S.A.
 |date=25 June 1912
 |access-date=25 August 2014
 |page=5
 |via=Trove
}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-bef | before= [John Spence](/source/John_Brodie_Spence) }}
{{s-ttl | title=[Commissioner of Public Works](/source/Commissioner_of_Public_Works_(South_Australia)) | years= 1886&ndash;1887 }}
{{s-aft|after=[Alfred Catt](/source/Alfred_Catt)}}
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{{s-bef | before=[John Duncan](/source/John_Duncan_(Australian_politician))<br />[John Richards](/source/John_Richards_(Australian_politician))}}
{{s-ttl | title=Member for [Wallaroo](/source/Electoral_district_of_Wallaroo) | years=1878–1890 |alongside=[R. D. Ross](/source/Robert_Dalrymple_Ross), [C. S. Hare](/source/Charles_Simeon_Hare)<br />[W. H. Beaglehole](/source/William_Henry_Beaglehole)}}
{{s-aft | after=[Henry Allerdale Grainger](/source/Henry_Allerdale_Grainger) }}
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{{s-bef | before=Charles Drew }}
{{s-ttl | title=Mayor of [Moonta](/source/Corporate_Town_of_Moonta) | years=1873–1976 }}
{{s-aft | after=Samuel Rossiter }}
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Category:1837 births
Category:1912 deaths
Category:English emigrants to colonial Australia
Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
Category:People from Lymington
Category:Mayors of places in South Australia
Category:Australian auctioneers
Category:19th-century Australian businesspeople
Category:Politicians from the Colony of South Australia
Category:British emigrants to the Colony of South Australia

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