Preceded by Dale Shuttleworth Children 3 Nationality Australian Name Mark Furner | Role Australian Senator Spouse(s) Lorraine Furner Party Australian Labor Party | |
Born 11 April 1958 (age 66)
Brisbane, Queensland ( 1958-04-11 ) Alma mater Queensland University of Technology Education Queensland University of Technology Office Australian Senator since 2008 Books Defence Sub-committee Visit to the Middle East Area of Operations: Report of the Delegation to the MEAO 14 to 18 May 2011 | ||
Political party Australian Labor Party | ||
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Mark Lionel Furner (born 11 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014, representing the state of Queensland. Since the 2015 Queensland state election, he has represented Ferny Grove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
Furner was born in Brisbane, Queensland and grew up a housing commission development in Chermside. Initially working as a tradesman in the transport industry, he graduated from the 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 for the Transport Workers' Union, the Queensland Police Union, and the National Union of Workers. Furner held a range of positions within the Labor Party between 1996 and 2008.
He was elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election as the third candidate of the Labor Party Senate ticket in Queensland. He was defeated at the 2013 federal election and his term ended on 30 June 2014.
He won the seat of Ferny Grove representing Labor at the 2015 Queensland state election. 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.
Personal life
Furner is married to Lorraine and they have three children; Troy, Stacey and Sally.