Moore was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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 Moore's most famous member was Henry Lefroy, Premier of Western Australia from 1917 to 1919.
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.
On 1 December 2023 the Western Australian Electoral Commission merged the seats of Moore and North West Central into the new seat of Mid-West. At the 2025 election, this will pit the National member for Moore, Shane Love, against the former National turned Liberal member for North West Central Merome Beard.
Members for Moore Moore (1890–1904)MemberPartyTerm George Randell Unaligned 1890–1892 Henry Lefroy Ministerial 1892–1901 Michael O'Connor Ministerial 1901–1904Moore (1911–1930)MemberPartyTerm Henry Lefroy Liberal 1911–1917 Nationalist 1917–1921 James Denton Country 1921–1923 Country (MCP) 1923–1924 Nationalist 1924–1927 Percy Ferguson Country 1927–1930Moore (1950–present)MemberPartyTerm 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 2013–2025
Election results
References
External links ABC election profiles: 2005 2008 WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions