Moore, Arthur Edward, CMG
Personal
Birth Date:
9 February 1876 (Napier)
Death Date:
7 January 1963 (Brisbane, Queensland)
Parents:
Edward Moore and Emma Bayley (nee Newman)
Family:
Mary Eva Warner on 12 April 1899, 3 sons
Education:
Akaroa State School, New Zealand; Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne
Religion:
Church of England
Career
Owner of two cheese factories, Darling Downs; Dairy farmer and grazier, Waipawa, Jondaryan, Darling Downs, 1898; Mixed farmer; Vineyard experience, Goulburn Valley
Local Government Service:
Alderman, Rosalie Shire Council, 1905 to 1929; Chairman, 1911 and 1929
Parliamentary Representation
| House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | QFU | Aubigny | 22 May 1915 | 16 Mar 1918 | |
| Assembly | NAT | Aubigny | 16 Mar 1918 | 9 Oct 1920 | |
| Assembly | CP | Aubigny | 9 Oct 1920 | 8 May 1926 | |
| Assembly | CPNP | Aubigny | 8 May 1926 | 2 Apr 1938 | |
| Assembly | CP | Aubigny | 2 Apr 1938 | 29 Mar 1941 | Did not contest |
Parliamentary Service
| Description | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Leader of Opposition | 17 Jun 1932 | 15 Jul 1936 |
| Premier and Chief Secretary | 21 May 1929 | 17 Jun 1932 |
| Leader of Opposition | 9 Apr 1924 | 11 May 1929 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Interests included gardening, fishing and reading; Vice-President and President, Queensland Local Authorities Association; Director, Queensland Trustees for Quantity Assurance Management Professionals; Board member, Queensland Trustees Ltd from 1937 to 1949; Board member, Australian Mutual Provident Society from 1938 to 1951; Member: Red Cross Society, Queensland Country Women's Association (as a returning officer) and the Queensland Bush Nursing Association. He abolished a number of financial grants to private industries and farmers, and liberated private enterprise from conditions he considered to be impeding it; His government increased working hours (from 44 to 48 hours a week), reduced the basic wage, abolished the rural award and removed 50% of the state's workers from the operations of the conciliation and arbitration system
Sources:
Bernays, Charles Arrowsmith, Queensland: Our Seventh Political Decade, pp. 270-281 (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1931); Murphy, DJ and RB Joyce, eds, Queensland Political Portraits, 1859-1952, pp. 375-396 and pp. 485-487 (St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1972); Brisbane Courier, 'Narrow escape. Runaway Rail Carriage. Six mile dash. Premier's exciting experience', 4 May 1931.; Image courtesy of John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland, Neg: 185477 ; Waterson, DB and John Arnold, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1930-1980, (Canberra: ANU Press, 1982); Waterson, DB, A Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament: 1860-1929, 2nd revised edition (Sydney: Casket Publications, 2001)
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