Moore – Australia 2013

LIB 11.2%

Incumbent MP
Mal Washer, since 1998.

Geography
Northern Perth. Moore covers suburbs along the coast on the northern fringe of Perth. Moore covers most of Joondalup council area and a small part of Wanneroo council area.

History
Moore was created for the 1949 election, and has been dominated by conservative parties for most of its history. It has been held by the Country Party or Liberal Party for most of that period, although it was won by the ALP at three elections in the 1980s and was retained by a former Liberal independent in the 1990s.

Moore was first won in 1949 by the Country Party’s Hugh Leslie, a former state MP. Leslie held the seat until 1958, when he lost the seat to the Liberal Party’s Hugh Halbert. Leslie won the seat back in 1961, and retired in 1963.

Donald Maisey won the seat for the Country Party in 1963. He held the seat for the next decade, and lost in 1974 to the Liberal Party’s John Hyde. Hyde helped form ‘the Dries’ as a group of Liberal backbenchers supporting mass privatisations and deregulation, and was highly critical of the Fraser government. Hyde lost his seat in 1983.

The ALP’s Allen Blanchard won Moore in 1983, and held the seat until the 1990 election, when he lost to Liberal candidate Paul Filing.

Paul Filing was re-elected in 1993, but in 1995 he lost Liberal endorsement for Moore, and he became an independent. He managed to win re-election in 1996, but he lost the seat in 1998 to Liberal candidate Mal Washer. Washer has held the seat ever since.

Candidates
Sitting Liberal MP Mal Washer is not running for re-election.

Assessment
Moore is a safe Liberal seat.

2010 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Mal Washer LIB 44,518 54.16 +0.12
Jeremy Brown ALP 21,678 26.37 -6.64
Sheridan Young GRN 11,159 13.57 +5.45
Meg Birch CDP 1,804 2.19 +0.03
Paul Barrett FF 1,573 1.91 +0.68
George Gault ON 1,471 1.79 +0.74

2010 two-candidate-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Mal Washer LIB 50,302 61.19 +2.26
Jeremy Brown ALP 31,901 38.81 -2.26
Polling places in Moore at the 2010 federal election. Joondalup Central in red, Joondalup North in blue, Joondalup South in green, Wanneroo in orange. Click to enlarge.
Polling places in Moore at the 2010 federal election. Joondalup Central in red, Joondalup North in blue, Joondalup South in green, Wanneroo in orange. Click to enlarge.

Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into four areas. Most of Moore lies in the City of Joondalup, and a small part in Wanneroo. Those booths in Joondalup were split into north, central and south.

The Liberal Party won a majority in all four areas, ranging from 58% in Wanneroo to 67.2% at the southern end of the seat.

The Greens vote ranged from 12% in Wanneroo to 14.9% in Joondalup Central.

Voter group GRN % LIB 2PP % Total votes % of votes
Joondalup North 13.41 59.27 24,240 29.49
Joondalup Central 14.89 59.22 18,422 22.41
Joondalup South 13.10 67.20 13,625 16.57
Wanneroo 12.01 57.98 8,329 10.13
Other votes 13.53 62.79 17,587 21.39
Two-party-preferred votes in Moore at the 2010 federal election.
Two-party-preferred votes in Moore at the 2010 federal election.
Greens primary votes in Moore at the 2010 federal election.
Greens primary votes in Moore at the 2010 federal election.

3 COMMENTS

  1. The endorsed Liberal candidate for Moore is Ian Goodenough. He is a Councillor of the City of Wanneroo, representing the area within the seat of Moore and a former President of the Liberal Party Moore Division. The ALP is yet to endorse a candidate.

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