Division Profile

Division Name

MOORE

State

Western Australia

Elected Member

Goodenough, I (LP) 2013-

Name Derivation

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

First Proclaimed / Election

1948/1949

Area

133 sq. kms

Demographic

Outer Metropolitan

Pre-Election Seat Status

Safe

Seat Status

Safe

Enrolment

97,238

Turnout

92.44%

Informal

4.51%

Location

Moore covers a coastal, urban area of approximately 133 sq km from Mindarie and Clarkson in the north to Mullaloo in the south. Some of the larger suburbs are Clarkson, Duncraig, Hillarys, Heathridge, Mullaloo, Ocean Reef and Padbury.

Products and Industry

Mainly residential, with a commercial centre at Joondalup.

Members

Goodenough, I (LP) 2013-

Washer, M (LP) 1998-2013

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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