Mark Furey

{{Short description|Canadian politician and police officer}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

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| name = Mark Furey

| honorific-suffix = ECNS

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| constituency_AM= Lunenburg West

| assembly = Nova Scotia House of

| term_start = October 8, 2013

| term_end = July 17, 2021

| predecessor = Gary Ramey

| successor = Becky Druhan

| party = Liberal

| office2 = Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of Nova Scotia and Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia

| term_start2 = June 15, 2017

| term_end2 = February 23, 2021

| premier2 = Stephen McNeil

| predecessor2 = Diana Whalen

| successor2 = Randy Delorey

| office3 = Minister of Labour Relations

| term_start3 = June 15, 2017

| term_end3 = February 23, 2021

| premier3 = Stephen McNeil

| predecessor3 = Position established

| successor3 = Randy Delorey

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Mark Ignatius Furey is a Canadian politician and retired police officer, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Lunenburg West until his retirement from politics in 2021.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1159363-rafuse-one-of-few-ndp-to-keep-seat|title=Rafuse one of few NDP to keep seat|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=October 8, 2013|accessdate=2023-12-27|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023140158/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1159363-rafuse-one-of-few-ndp-to-keep-seat|archivedate=October 23, 2013}}

Furey is a retired police officer, having served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

On October 22, 2013 Furey was appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where he served as Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, as well as Minister responsible for Part II of the Gaming Control Act and the Minister responsible for the Residential Tenancies Act.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-stephen-mcneil-welcomes-16-member-cabinet-1.2158475|title=Premier Stephen McNeil welcomes 16-member cabinet|work=CBC News|date=October 22, 2013|accessdate=2014-07-27}}

Furey was re-elected in the 2017 election.{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/southshorebreaker/1477423-two-new-mlas-for-south-shore|title=Two new MLAs for South Shore|work=South Shore Breaker|date=June 13, 2017|accessdate=2017-06-16}} On June 15, 2017, premier Stephen McNeil shuffled his cabinet, moving Furey to Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Provincial Secretary, and the newly established Minister of Labour Relations.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cabinet-politics-liberal-government-stephen-mcneil-1.4161624|title=Stephen McNeil shuffles cabinet, but vows not to change course|publisher=CBC News|date=June 15, 2017|accessdate=2017-06-16}}{{cite web|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1478027-n.s.-cabinet-unveiled-casey-now-deputy-premier-finance-minister|title=N.S. cabinet unveiled: Casey now deputy premier, finance minister|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=June 15, 2017|accessdate=2017-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615183345/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1478027-n.s.-cabinet-unveiled-casey-now-deputy-premier-finance-minister|archive-date=June 15, 2017|url-status=dead}}