Division of Moore

Moore Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moore in Western Australia, as of the 2021 redistribution.
Created	1949
MP	Ian Goodenough
Party	Liberal
Namesake	George Fletcher Moore
Electors	101,524 (2019)
Area	90 km2 (34.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Moore is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia.

History[]

George Fletcher Moore, the division's namesake

The Division was named after George Fletcher Moore, the first Advocate-General of Western Australia, and is at present a safe Liberal seat held by Ian Goodenough since the 2013 federal election, having changed significantly throughout its history in both geographical area and in political character.

Due to significant demographic change, the seat's boundaries and constituency has evolved considerably since it was proclaimed at the 11 May 1949 redistribution. At that time, it was basically a rural electorate, which included parts of the Wheatbelt along the Indian Ocean coast to the north and east of Perth, the state capital — a similar region to that presently covered by the state seat of Moore. At the 1949 election, it was won by the Country Party. The seat maintained its rural character over the years, even though construction of the northern suburbs of Perth from the 1960s onwards meant that its southern boundary was eventually sited inside the urban fringe.

The 28 February 1980 redistribution moved much of the electorate's rural hinterland into the new seat of O'Connor, and the creation of Cowan four years later, in the suburbs north of Reid Highway to Whitfords Avenue, meant that Moore was transformed into a safe Labor seat, with a population centred on Midland, but still including the shires of Chittering, Gingin and Dandaragan to the north.

The creation of Pearce at the 31 March 1989 redistribution pushed Moore into the now heavily urban and relatively affluent coastal areas north of the Reid Highway, removing areas like Midland and Beechboro completely, and making it a notionally Liberal seat.^[1] The Liberals won it at the 1990 election and have held it ever since, apart from the period between the 1996 and 1998 federal elections, when the member, Paul Filing, was disendorsed by the Liberal Party and was elected as an Independent. The Liberal candidate, Mal Washer, regained the seat for his party at the 1998 election.

Geography[]

The seat presently contains the majority of the City of Joondalup, in the northwest metropolitan area of Perth. Suburbs presently included are:^[2]

In August 2021, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced that Moore would gain the suburbs of Carine, North Beach and Watermans Bay and parts of Gwelup, Karrinyup and Trigg from the abolished seat of Stirling, along with the remainder of Kingsley from the seat of Cowan. These boundary changes will take place as of the next Australian federal election.^[3]

Members[]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Hugh Leslie (1900–1974)	Country	10 December 1949 – 22 November 1958	Previously held the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Marshall. Lost seat
		Hugh Halbert (1910–1997)	Liberal	22 November 1958 – 9 December 1961	Lost seat
		Hugh Leslie (1900–1974)	Country	9 December 1961 – 1 November 1963	Retired
		Don Maisey (1915–2005)	Country	30 November 1963 – 18 May 1974	Lost seat
		John Hyde (1936–)	Liberal	18 May 1974 – 5 March 1983	Lost seat
		Allen Blanchard (1929–2008)	Labor	5 March 1983 – 24 March 1990	Lost seat
		Paul Filing (1955–)	Liberal	24 March 1990 – 18 June 1995	Lost seat
			Independent	18 June 1995 – 3 October 1998
		Mal Washer (1945–)	Liberal	3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013	Retired
		Ian Goodenough (1975–)	Liberal	7 September 2013 – present	Incumbent

Election results[]

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Moore - Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 31°44′20″S 115°45′29″E / 31.739°S 115.758°E / -31.739; 115.758