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

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. 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. Furner was mayor of the Corporate Town of Moonta three times and was Worshipful Master of the local Lodge of Freemasons.

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

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

References

1. ^ "Mr Luke Furner". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
2. ^ "An Old Ex-Legislator". The Register. Adelaide, S.A. 25 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.
3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Furner, Luke Lydiard" . 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
• Colony of South Australia people