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| Moore Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Moore, shown within Perth |
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| State or territory: | Western Australia |
| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Mal Washer |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | George Fletcher Moore |
| Electors: | 76,761 |
| Area: | 78 km² (30.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Moore is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. Eligible voters within the Division elect a single representative, known as the member for Moore, to the Australian House of Representatives. 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 Dr Mal Washer since the 1998 federal election, having changed significantly throughout its history in both geographical area and in political character.
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History
Due to significant demographic change, the seat's boundaries and constituency has evolved considerably since its establishment at the 11 May 1949 redistribution, when it was for the most part a rural seat covering parts of the Wheatbelt to the north and east of Perth, the state capital, along the Indian Ocean coast - a similar region to that presently covered by the state seat of Moore. At its first election, the 1949 election, it was won by the Country Party. The seat maintained its rural character over the years as construction of the northern suburbs from the 1960s onwards forced its southern boundary just beyond the urban fringe of Perth, but the 28 February 1980 redistribution moved much of the 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 saw Moore transformed into a safe Labor seat with a population centred on Midland, but still including the Chittering, Gingin and Dandaragan local government areas 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 Reid Highway, removing areas like Midland and Beechboro completely and making it a reasonably safe Liberal seat. The seat has been held by the Liberal Party ever since, apart from the period between the 1996 and 1998 federal elections when the disendorsed former member Paul Filing held it as an Independent.
Geography
The seat presently contains the entire western half of the City of Joondalup, with its boundaries to the east being Mitchell Freeway, Ocean Reef Road and the centre line of Lake Joondalup, as well as the coastal suburb of Watermans Bay in the City of Stirling. Its northern boundary is the fence line separating Tamala Park in the City of Wanneroo from Kinross and Burns Beach. Suburbs presently included are:
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Hugh Leslie | Country | 1949—1958 | |
| Hugh Halbert | Liberal | 1958—1961 | |
| Hugh Leslie | Country | 1961—1963 | |
| Donald Maisey | Country | 1963—1974 | |
| John Hyde | Liberal | 1974—1983 | |
| Allen Blanchard | Labor | 1983—1990 | |
| Paul Filing | Liberal | 1990—1995 | |
| Independent | 1995—1998 | ||
| Mal Washer | Liberal | 1998—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Moore | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Mal Washer | 38,262 | 54.45 | -0.89 | |
| Labor | Geraldine Burgess | 22,902 | 32.95 | +1.14 | |
| Greens | Annette Pericic-Herrmann | 5,906 | 8.40 | +1.32 | |
| Christian Democrats | Lachlan Dungey | 1,556 | 2.21 | +0.09 | |
| Family First | Douglas Croker | 811 | 1.15 | +1.15 | |
| One Nation | George Gault | 719 | 1.02 | -1.02 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Arthur Harvey | 115 | 0.16 | -0.12 | |
| Total formal votes | 70,271 | 97.03 | +1.37 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,151 | 2.97 | -1.37 | ||
| Turnout | 72,422 | 94.35 | +0.45 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Mal Washer | 41,576 | 59.17 | -1.66 | |
| Labor | Geraldine Burgess | 28,695 | 40.83 | +1.66 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.66 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Moore | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Mal Washer | 37,739 | 55.34 | +6.35 | |
| Labor | Kim Young | 21,446 | 31.45 | -2.22 | |
| Greens | Thor Kerr | 4,829 | 7.08 | +1.66 | |
| Christian Democrats | Evelynne Wong | 1,445 | 2.12 | +2.12 | |
| One Nation | George Gault | 1,388 | 2.04 | -2.49 | |
| Democrats | Kevin Payne | 1,160 | 1.70 | -3.29 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Arthur Harvey | 189 | 0.28 | +0.28 | |
| Total formal votes | 68,196 | 95.66 | -0.38 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,092 | 4.34 | +0.38 | ||
| Turnout | 71,288 | 93.90 | -1.62 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Mal Washer | 41,486 | 60.83 | +4.79 | |
| Labor | Kim Young | 26,710 | 39.17 | -4.79 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.79 | |||
External links
- "Division of Moore". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. (PDF, 153 kB)
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