2001 Profile of the division of Moore

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State:

Western Australia

Name Derivation:

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

Area and Location Description:

It 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/Industries of the area:

Mainly residential, with a commercial centre at Joondalup.

First Proclaimed/Election

1948/1949

Members

Mal Washer (LP) 1998–

P Filing (LP/IND) 1990–98

C A Blanchard (ALP) 1983–90

J M Hyde (LP) 1974–83

D W Maisey (CP) 1963–74

H A Leslie (CP) 1961–63

H V Halbert (LP) 1958–61

H A Leslie (CP) 1949–58

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AEC – Divisional Office Contact Numbers and Addresses

Demographic Rating

Outer Metropolitan

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 77 573 Informal Vote: 3.03% Turnout: 95.71% Seat Status: Marginal Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 45.87% LP: 54.13%	Enrolment: 81 337 Informal Vote: Republic Question 0.71% Preamble Question 0.81% Turnout: Republic Question 95.33% Preamble Question 95.36%	Enrolment: 74 103 Informal Vote: 3.96% Turnout: 95.52% Seat Status: Fairly Safe Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 43.96% LP: 56.04%