Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952) is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from March 1990, representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa until May 2016, both in New South Wales.

[citation needed] Ferguson was educated at the University of Sydney and was a research officer with the Federated Miscellaneous Workers' Union before entering politics.

His handling of the debate around Petro Georgiou's private member's bill on asylum seekers was severely criticised [clarification needed] and he was shifted to Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs, Population Health and Health Regulation in June 2005.

On the election of the Rudd Labor Government in 2007, Ferguson became Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and Settlement Services.

[4] Ferguson is married to Maureen Walsh, a former councillor at Parramatta City Council in the Woodville Ward.