Mark was elected to Kogarah City Council representing West Ward in 2004, and was re-elected in 2008 with an increased majority.
Mark has served as chair of the council’s Development and Assessment Committee, the Assets & Services Committee, and the Governance & Finance Committee.
In 2011, Coure contested the normally safe Labor seat of Oatley in the St George-Kogarah district.[3] Mark was elected with a swing of 15.9 points, winning the seat with 50.5 per cent of the two-party vote.[4] Coure’s opponent was the incumbent Labor sitting member, Kevin Greene who had held the seat for 12 years.
Coure was appointed to the Independent Commission Against Corruption Committee on 22 June 2011.[5]
Coure was appointed Deputy Whip of the New South Wales Parliament’s Legislative Assembly in 2015.