Charles "Chuck" Furey (born March 6, 1954) is a

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former politician, who represented the electoral district of St. Barbe in the

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from 1985 to 2000. The son of Leo Furey and Mary Bruce, he was born in Avondale and was educated in

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and later St. John's, at

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and at

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. In 1978, Furey married Diane Baird. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher. Furey served in the Newfoundland cabinet as Minister of Industry, Trade and Technology, as Minister of Mines and Energy. as Minister of Development and Tourism and as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. He sat as a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party caucus. He resigned from the legislature in 2000 to run as a federal

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candidate in St. John's West in the 2000 federal election, but lost to

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. He was subsequently appointed as chief electoral officer of Newfoundland and Labrador in February 2006, and served until May 2007. Furey is the uncle of Andrew Furey, who in 2020, was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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