| Moore Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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  Interactive map of district boundaries from the2021 state election to 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1890–1904; 1911–1930; 1950–2025 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Shane Love | ||||||||||||||
| Party | National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Moore River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 26,014 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 77,632 km2 (29,973.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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Moore was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofWestern Australia.
Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. In its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the1890 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: theLiberal Party and theNational Party. The seat has never been won by theLabor Party.
Moore is a coastal district, covering an expanse of rural territory to the north ofPerth and surrounding but not including the regional city ofGeraldton. The district includes the towns ofKalbarri,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 andToodyay.
Moore's most famous member wasHenry Lefroy,Premier of Western Australia from 1917 to 1919.
Electoral reform ahead of the2008 state election necessitated an increase in the enrolment of non-metropolitan districts. This meant that the district ofGreenough was abolished, with Moore taking in most of its former territory and voters. This pitted theNational member for Greenough,Grant Woodhams, against theLiberal member for Moore,Gary Snook, with Woodhams emerging the victor.
On 1 December 2023 theWestern Australian Electoral Commissionmerged the seats ofMoore andNorth West Central into the new seat ofMid-West.[1] At the 2025 election, this will pit the National member for Moore,Shane Love, against the former National turned Liberal member for North West CentralMerome Beard.
| Moore (1890–1904) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Randell | Unaligned | 1890–1892 | |
| Henry Lefroy | Ministerial | 1892–1901 | |
| Michael O'Connor | Ministerial | 1901–1904 | |
| Moore (1911–1930) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Henry Lefroy | Liberal | 1911–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1921 | ||
| James Denton | Country | 1921–1923 | |
| Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
| Nationalist | 1924–1927 | ||
| Percy Ferguson | Country | 1927–1930 | |
| Moore (1950–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National | Shane Love | 8,353 | 38.0 | +1.1 | |
| Labor | Barni Norton | 7,432 | 33.8 | +13.9 | |
| Liberal | Darren Slyns | 3,701 | 16.8 | −2.0 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Ross Williamson | 984 | 4.5 | −1.3 | |
| Greens | Brian Spittles | 638 | 2.9 | −1.0 | |
| One Nation | Ian Frizzell | 579 | 2.6 | −10.1 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | T. Asmutaitis | 233 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| WAxit | Richard Banka | 86 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,006 | 96.3 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 855 | 3.7 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 22,861 | 87.9 | −3.6 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| National | Shane Love | 12,870 | 58.5 | −6.3 | |
| Labor | Barni Norton | 9,132 | 41.5 | +41.5 | |
| Nationalhold | |||||