Division of Moore

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Moore
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moore 2022.png
Division of Moore in Western Australia, as of the 2021 redistribution.
Created1949
MPIan Goodenough
PartyLiberal
NamesakeGeorge Fletcher Moore
Electors101,524 (2019)
Area90 km2 (34.7 sq mi)
DemographicOuter 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.png 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.png Hugh Halbert
(1910–1997)
Liberal 22 November 1958
9 December 1961
Lost seat
  Hugh Leslie.png Hugh Leslie
(1900–1974)
Country 9 December 1961
1 November 1963
Retired
  DonMaisey1964.jpg Don Maisey
(1915–2005)
Country 30 November 1963
18 May 1974
Lost seat
  CAC CC 001 18 23 0000 2278b.jpg John Hyde
(1936–)
Liberal 18 May 1974
5 March 1983
Lost seat
  No image.svg Allen Blanchard
(1929–2008)
Labor 5 March 1983
24 March 1990
Lost seat
  No image.svg Paul Filing
(1955–)
Liberal 24 March 1990
18 June 1995
Lost seat
  Independent 18 June 1995 –
3 October 1998
  No image.svg Mal Washer
(1945–)
Liberal 3 October 1998
5 August 2013
Retired
  Ian Goodenough MHR Profile.jpg Ian Goodenough
(1975–)
Liberal 7 September 2013
present
Incumbent

Election results[]

2019 Australian federal election: Moore[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Goodenough 45,503 51.25 −3.73
Labor Tony O'Gorman 21,760 24.51 −4.18
Greens Daniel Vujcich 10,735 12.09 −0.59
One Nation Tyler Walsh 4,113 4.63 +4.63
Independent Ziggi Murphy 2,390 2.69 +2.69
United Australia Rod Chilcott 1,591 1.79 +1.79
Western Australia Jen Jacobs 1,428 1.61 +1.61
Christians Rex Host 1,259 1.42 −2.23
Total formal votes 88,779 94.92 −1.88
Informal votes 4,748 5.08 +1.88
Turnout 93,527 92.12 +1.58
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ian Goodenough 54,735 61.65 +0.63
Labor Tony O'Gorman 34,044 38.35 −0.63
Liberal hold Swing +0.63

References[]

  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Profile of the electoral division of Moore (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ^ https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2021/wa/files/redistribution-of-western-australia-into-electoral-divisions-august-2021.pdf
  4. ^ Moore, WA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links[]

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

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