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 the Corporate Town 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
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Mr Luke Furner". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "An Old Ex-Legislator". The Register. Adelaide, S.A. 25 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.
- ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- 1837 births
- 1912 deaths
- English emigrants to colonial Australia
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
- People from Lymington
- Mayors of places in South Australia
- Australian auctioneers
- 19th-century Australian businesspeople
- Politicians from the Colony of South Australia
- British emigrants to the Colony of South Australia