Electoral district of Moore

This article is about the Western Australian state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Moore.

Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Moore Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–1904; 1911–1930; 1950–present
MP	Shane Love
Party	National
Namesake	Moore River
Electors	26,014 (2021)
Area	77,632 km2 (29,973.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Electorates around Moore: Indian Ocean North West Central North West Central Indian Ocean Geraldton Moore Central Wheatbelt Indian Ocean Swan Hills Wanneroo Butler Central Wheatbelt

Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. In its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 colonial election.

Its latest incarnation it has existed continuously since 1950. In that time, the seat has been variously held by the two conservative forces in Western Australian politics: the Liberal Party and the National Party. The seat has never been won by the Labor Party.

Geography

Moore is a coastal district, covering an expanse of rural territory to the north of Perth and surrounding but not including the regional city of Geraldton. The district includes the towns of Kalbarri, Northampton, Nabawa, Mullewa, Dongara, Irwin, Mingenew, Morawa, Three Springs, Perenjori, Carnamah, Eneabba, Leeman, Coorow, Jurien Bay, Cervantes, Badgingarra, Dandaragan, Moora, Dalwallinu, Lancelin, Ledge Point, Guilderton, Gingin, Bindoon, Calingiri and Toodyay.

History

Electoral reform ahead of the 2008 state election necessitated an increase in the enrolment of non-metropolitan districts. This meant that the district of Greenough was abolished, with Moore taking in most of its former territory and voters. This pitted the National member for Greenough, Grant Woodhams, against the Liberal member for Moore, Gary Snook, with Woodhams emerging the victor.

Moore's most famous member was Henry Lefroy, Premier of Western Australia from 1917 to 1919.

Members for Moore

Moore (1890–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	George Randell	Unaligned	1890–1892
	Henry Lefroy	Ministerial	1892–1901
	Michael O'Connor	Ministerial	1901–1904
Moore (1911–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Henry Lefroy	Liberal	1911–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1921
	James Denton	Country	1921–1923
		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
		Nationalist	1924–1927
	Percy Ferguson	Country	1927–1930
Moore (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	John Ackland	Country	1950–1958
	Edgar Lewis	Country	1958–1974
	Bert Crane	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1985
		Liberal	1985–1989
	Bill McNee	Liberal	1989–2005
	Gary Snook	Liberal	2005–2008
	Grant Woodhams	National	2008–2013
	Shane Love	National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Moore

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Moore.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Shane Love	8,353	38.0	+1.1
	Labor	Barni Norton	7,432	33.8	+13.9
	Liberal	Darren Slyns	3,701	16.8	−2.0
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Ross Williamson	984	4.5	−1.3
	Greens	Brian Spittles	638	2.9	−1.0
	One Nation	Ian Frizzell	579	2.6	−10.1
	No Mandatory Vaccination	T. Asmutaitis	233	1.1	+1.1
	WAxit	Richard Banka	86	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			22,006	96.3	+0.3
Informal votes			855	3.7	−0.3
Turnout			22,861	87.9	−3.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Shane Love	12,870	58.5	−6.3
	Labor	Barni Norton	9,132	41.5	+41.5
	National hold

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions