Division Profile

Division Name

MOORE

State

Western Australia

Elected Member

Washer, M (LP) 1998-

Name Derivation

Named after George Fletcher Moore 1798-1886, the first Advocate-General in Western Australia 1834.

First Proclaimed / Election

1948/1949

Area

78 sq. kms

Demographic

Outer Metropolitan

Pre-Election Seat Status

Safe

Seat Status

Fairly Safe

Enrolment

76,871

Turnout

94.21%

Informal

2.97%

Location

Moore covers a coastal, urban area of approximately 78 sq km from Burns and Kinross in the north to Waterman in the south. Some of the larger suburbs are Duncraig, Hillarys, Heathridge, Mullaloo, Ocean Reef and Padbury.

Products and Industry

Mainly residential, with a commercial centre at Joondalup.

Members

Washer, M (LP) 1998-

Filing, P (LP/IND) 1990-1998

Blanchard, C A (ALP) 1983-1990

Hyde, J M (LP) 1974-1983

Maisey, D W (CP) 1963-1974

Leslie, H A (CP) 1961-1963

Halbert, H V (LP) 1958-1961

Leslie, H A (CP) 1949-1958

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WA DIVISION - MOORE

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