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Electorates
- MLA Canning, 3 October 1911–21 October 1914
- Contested Canning, 21 October 1914
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Personal Information |
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7 August 1870 |
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Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
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21 November 1935 |
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Maylands, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia. Anglican Area, OC Section, 0405 grave site |
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1896 came to WA |
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Son of Alfred James Moore, accountant, and Sarah Ann Osbourne |
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Married 15 October 1902, St George’s Cathedral, Perth to Clara Hillier (born circa 1880 and died 4 March 1961), daughter of Walter Chenille and Marion Masham
Children: two sons and six daughters |
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Church of England |
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Educated Kangaroo Flat, Victoria
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Railway worker |
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Assisted father in grocery store, Bendigo
Farrier
Coach-building trade, 1887–1890
Conductor, Melbourne Tramway Company, 1890–1896
Worked in foundry, WA, 1896
Employee, Traffic Department, WA Railways rising to post of acting Stationmaster, 1897–1911
Returned to railways after 1914 |
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Founded Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees; chairman, Perth branch, 1901–1911; Secretary and general treasurer
Organiser, Railway Provident Fund
Attended Federal Railway Workers’ Conference Launceston, Tasmania, 1909 |
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Black, David. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 122.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 5 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=ac390377-dd1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3 |
Bibliography |
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Battye, JS. The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, vol. 1, p. 347.
West Australian, 5 October 1911. |