# Mark Furner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Furner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mark_Furner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Furner > Source revision: 1354032636 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Honourable](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Mark Furner | honorific_suffix = [MP](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland) | image = Mark Furner 090720-N-9950J-049.jpg | image_size = | caption = | office6 = Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries of [Queensland](/source/Queensland) | term_start6 = 12 December 2017 | term_end6 = 28 October 2024 | premier6 = [Annastacia Palaszczuk](/source/Annastacia_Palaszczuk)
[Steven Miles](/source/Steven_Miles) | predecessor6 = [Bill Byrne](/source/Bill_Byrne_(politician)) | successor6 = [Jarrod Bleijie](/source/Jarrod_Bleijie) | office7 = Minister for Local Government of [Queensland](/source/Queensland) | term_start7 = 10 February 2017 | term_end7 = 12 December 2017 | premier7 = [Annastacia Palaszczuk](/source/Annastacia_Palaszczuk) | predecessor7 = [Jackie Trad](/source/Jackie_Trad) | successor7 = [Stirling Hinchliffe](/source/Stirling_Hinchliffe) | office8 = Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships of [Queensland](/source/Queensland) | term_start8 = 10 February 2017 | term_end8 = 12 December 2017 | premier8 = [Annastacia Palaszczuk](/source/Annastacia_Palaszczuk) | predecessor8 = [Curtis Pitt](/source/Curtis_Pitt) | successor8 = [Jackie Trad](/source/Jackie_Trad) | title9 = [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for [Queensland](/source/Queensland) | term_start9 = 1 July 2008 | term_end9 = 30 June 2014 | predecessor9 = [Andrew Bartlett](/source/Andrew_Bartlett) | successor9 = [Glenn Lazarus](/source/Glenn_Lazarus) | title10 = Member of the [Queensland Legislative Assembly](/source/Queensland_Legislative_Assembly) for [Ferny Grove](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ferny_Grove) | term_start10 = 31 January 2015 | term_end10 = | predecessor10 = [Dale Shuttleworth](/source/Dale_Shuttleworth) | successor10 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|4|11}} | birth_place = [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane%2C_Queensland), [Queensland](/source/Queensland) | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Lorraine Furner | party = [Australian Labor Party](/source/Australian_Labor_Party) | relations = | children = 3 | alma_mater = [Queensland University of Technology](/source/Queensland_University_of_Technology) | occupation = [Union Official](/source/Trade_union) | profession = | signature = Mark Furner signature 2024.svg | website = {{URL|https://www.markfurnermp.com.au/}} | footnotes = }} '''Mark Lionel Furner''' (born 11 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He was a [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party) member of [Australian Senate](/source/Australian_Senate) from 2008 to 2014, representing the state of [Queensland](/source/Queensland). Since the [2015 Queensland state election](/source/2015_Queensland_state_election), he has represented [Ferny Grove](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ferny_Grove) in the [Queensland Legislative Assembly](/source/Queensland_Legislative_Assembly).{{cite web |title=Member Details - Hon Mark Furner MP |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=3394533373 |website=Queensland Parliament |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=16 November 2020}} ==Early life and education== Furner was born in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), Queensland and grew up a housing commission development in {{QLDcity|Chermside}}. Initially working as a tradesman in the transport industry, he graduated from the [Queensland University of Technology](/source/Queensland_University_of_Technology) with an associate diploma of business with a major in industrial relations. Between 1989 and 2008 he worked as a [union official](/source/Trade_union) for the [Transport Workers' Union](/source/Transport_Workers_Union_of_Australia), the [Queensland Police](/source/Queensland_Police) Union, and the [National Union of Workers](/source/National_Union_of_Workers). Furner held a range of positions within the Labor Party between 1996 and 2008.{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=I0P |name=Former Senator Mark Furner |access-date=2022-08-20}} ==Career== He was elected to the Senate at the [2007 federal election](/source/2007_Australian_federal_election) as the third candidate of the Labor Party Senate ticket in Queensland. He was defeated at the [2013 federal election](/source/2013_Australian_federal_election) and his term ended on 30 June 2014. He won the seat of [Ferny Grove](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ferny_Grove) representing Labor at the [2015 Queensland state election](/source/2015_Queensland_state_election).{{cite web|url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2015/results/district29.html|title=Ferny Grove: District Summary|work=2015 State General Election|publisher=[Electoral Commission of Queensland](/source/Electoral_Commission_of_Queensland)|date=5 February 2015|access-date=5 February 2015|archive-date=5 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205131057/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2015/results/district29.html|url-status=dead}} On 10 February 2017, Furner was appointed to the posts of Minister for Local Government and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships in a Cabinet reshuffle announced by Premier [Annastacia Palaszczuk](/source/Annastacia_Palaszczuk).{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-09/mark-furner-replaces-stirling-hinchliffe-in-qld-cabinet/8253660|title=Queensland Cabinet reshuffle: Mark Furner to replace Stirling Hinchliffe after resignation|publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)|date=9 February 2017|access-date=17 February 2017}} In December 2017, Furner was sworn in as Queensland's Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries. He retained this portfolio following the swearing in of the [Third Palaszczuk Ministry](/source/Third_Palaszczuk_Ministry) in November 2020.{{cite news |title=Who's who in Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's new Queensland Cabinet? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-12/qld-state-election-2020-who-is-who-in-palaszczuk-new-cabinet/12872948 |newspaper=ABC News |date=11 November 2020 |location=Australia|access-date=16 November 2020}} ==Personal life== Furner was married to Lorraine and they have three children.{{cite web|url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansards%2F2008-09-02%2F0079%22|author=Furner, Mark|title=The Senate: First Speech|work=[Hansard](/source/Hansard), [Parliament of Australia](/source/Parliament_of_Australia)|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|date=2 September 2008|access-date=5 February 2015}} ==See also== *[Rudd government (2007–2010)](/source/Rudd_government_(2007%E2%80%932010)) *[Gillard government](/source/Gillard_government) *[Second Palaszczuk Ministry](/source/Second_Palaszczuk_Ministry) *[Third Palaszczuk Ministry](/source/Third_Palaszczuk_Ministry) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.markfurner.com.au Personal website] {{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=[Dale Shuttleworth](/source/Dale_Shuttleworth)}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for [Ferny Grove](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ferny_Grove)|years=2015–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Cabinet of Queensland}} {{QldCurrentMPs}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Furner, Mark}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Queensland Category:Members of the Australian Senate Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:21st-century Australian politicians Category:Labor Right politicians {{Australia-Labor-senator-stub}} {{Queensland-MP-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mark Furner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Furner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Furner?action=history)). 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