Electoral results for the Division of Moore

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Moore in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Hugh Leslie	Country	1949–1958
	Vic Halbert	Liberal	1958–1961
	Hugh Leslie	Country	1961–1963
	Don Maisey	Country	1963–1974
	John Hyde	Liberal	1974–1983
	Allen Blanchard	Labor	1983–1990
	Paul Filing	Liberal	1990–1995
		Independent	1995–1998
	Mal Washer	Liberal	1998–2013
	Ian Goodenough	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Moore.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	43,706	41.81	−9.69
	Labor	Tom French	34,227	32.74	+7.99
	Greens	Mark Cooper	14,902	14.26	+2.20
	One Nation	Brian Brightman	3,541	3.39	−1.06
	Western Australia	Peter Gunness	3,095	2.96	+1.32
	United Australia	Helen Watkinson	2,342	2.24	+0.48
	Great Australian	Sue Andersson	1,926	1.84	+1.84
	Federation	Martin Suter	792	0.76	+0.76
Total formal votes			104,531	95.83	+0.69
Informal votes			4,545	4.17	−0.69
Turnout			109,076	91.43	−1.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	52,958	50.66	−10.96
	Labor	Tom French	51,573	49.34	+10.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.96

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Moore.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	45,503	51.25	−3.73
	Labor	Tony O'Gorman	21,760	24.51	−4.18
	Greens	Daniel Vujcich	10,735	12.09	−0.59
	One Nation	Tyler Walsh	4,113	4.63	+4.63
	Independent	Ziggi Murphy	2,390	2.69	+2.69
	United Australia	Rod Chilcott	1,591	1.79	+1.79
	Western Australia	Jen Jacobs	1,428	1.61	+1.61
	Christians	Rex Host	1,259	1.42	−2.23
Total formal votes			88,779	94.92	−1.88
Informal votes			4,748	5.08	+1.88
Turnout			93,527	92.12	+1.58
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	54,735	61.65	+0.63
	Labor	Tony O'Gorman	34,044	38.35	−0.63
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.63

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Moore.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	48,133	54.98	+1.01
	Labor	Tony Walker	25,118	28.69	+2.88
	Greens	Daniel Lindley	11,100	12.68	+2.81
	Christians	Maryka Groenewald	3,194	3.65	+1.85
Total formal votes			87,545	96.80	+1.14
Informal votes			2,891	3.20	−1.14
Turnout			90,436	90.54	−5.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	53,416	61.02	−1.42
	Labor	Tony Walker	34,129	38.98	+1.42
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.42

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Moore.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	45,562	53.08	−1.08
	Labor	Jason Lawrance	22,324	26.01	−0.36
	Greens	Louahna Lloyd	8,539	9.95	−3.62
	Palmer United	Gary Morris	5,745	6.69	+6.69
	Christians	Rex Host	1,602	1.87	+1.87
	Sports Party	Josh Catalano	1,324	1.54	+1.54
	Rise Up Australia	Mary Pritchett	738	0.86	+0.86
Total formal votes			85,834	95.49	−0.16
Informal votes			4,055	4.51	+0.16
Turnout			89,889	92.48	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Goodenough	53,100	61.86	+0.67
	Labor	Jason Lawrance	32,734	38.14	−0.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.67

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Western Australia § Moore.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mal Washer	44,518	54.16	+0.12
	Labor	Jeremy Brown	21,678	26.37	−6.64
	Greens	Sheridan Young	11,159	13.57	+5.45
	Christian Democrats	Meg Birch	1,804	2.19	+0.03
	Family First	Paul Barrett	1,573	1.91	+0.68
	One Nation	George Gault	1,471	1.79	+0.74
Total formal votes			82,203	95.65	−1.26
Informal votes			3,734	4.35	+1.26
Turnout			85,937	93.11	−0.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mal Washer	50,302	61.19	+2.26
	Labor	Jeremy Brown	31,901	38.81	−2.26
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.26

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mal Washer	38,262	54.45	−0.89
	Labor	Geraldine Burgess	22,902	32.59	+1.14
	Greens	Annette Pericic-Herrmann	5,906	8.40	+1.32
	Christian Democrats	Lachlan Dungey	1,556	2.21	+0.09
	Family First	Douglas Croker	811	1.15	+1.15
	One Nation	George Gault	719	1.02	−1.02
	Citizens Electoral Council	Arthur Harvey	115	0.16	−0.12
Total formal votes			70,271	97.03	+1.37
Informal votes			2,151	2.97	−1.37
Turnout			72,422	94.35	+0.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mal Washer	41,576	59.17	−1.66
	Labor	Geraldine Burgess	28,695	40.83	+1.66
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.66

2004

2004 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mal Washer	37,739	55.34	+6.35
	Labor	Kim Young	21,446	31.45	−2.22
	Greens	Thor Kerr	4,829	7.08	+1.66
	Christian Democrats	Evelynne Wong	1,445	2.12	+2.12
	One Nation	George Gault	1,388	2.04	−2.49
	Democrats	Kevin Payne	1,160	1.70	−3.29
	Citizens Electoral Council	Arthur Harvey	189	0.28	+0.28
Total formal votes			68,196	95.66	−0.38
Informal votes			3,092	4.34	+0.38
Turnout			71,288	93.90	−1.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mal Washer	41,486	60.83	+4.79
	Labor	Kim Young	26,710	39.17	−4.79
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.79

2001

2001 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mal Washer	33,302	48.99	+11.76
	Labor	Kim Young	22,888	33.67	+3.96
	Greens	Andrew Roy	3,683	5.42	+0.82
	Democrats	Clive Oliver	3,391	4.99	+1.13
	One Nation	John Evans	3,078	4.53	−1.83
	Independent	Geof Henderson	1,640	2.41	+2.41
Total formal votes			67,982	96.04	−0.97
Informal votes			2,802	3.96	+0.97
Turnout			70,784	95.96
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mal Washer	38,096	56.04	+0.42
	Labor	Kim Young	29,886	43.96	−0.42
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.42

Elections in the 1990s

1998

1998 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mal Washer	24,754	34.38	+8.00
	Labor	Christine Power	21,743	30.20	+0.64
	Independent	Paul Filing	14,739	20.47	−13.26
	One Nation	Allison Walker	4,943	6.87	+6.87
	Greens	Steve Magyar	3,209	4.46	+0.22
	Democrats	Patti Lock	2,611	3.63	−1.01
Total formal votes			71,999	96.97	−0.61
Informal votes			2,248	3.03	+0.61
Turnout			74,247	95.71	−0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mal Washer	38,973	54.13	−4.40
	Labor	Christine Power	33,026	45.87	+4.40
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	−4.40

1996

1996 Australian federal election: Moore 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Paul Filing	28,536	34.13	+34.13
	Labor	Alistair Jones	23,766	28.43	−6.54
	Liberal	Paul Stevenage	22,815	27.29	−27.52
	Democrats	Sarah Gilfillan	3,777	4.52	+0.52
	Greens	Bill Franssen	3,537	4.23	−1.43
	Independent	Vicki Hancock	1,171	1.40	+1.40
Total formal votes			83,602	97.56	−0.59
Informal votes			2,095	2.44	+0.59
Turnout			85,697	95.83	−0.88
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Paul Stevenage	48,204	58.18	−0.55
	Labor	Alistair Jones	34,648	41.82	+0.55
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Paul Filing	54,538	65.48	+65.48
	Labor	Alistair Jones	28,757	34.52	−6.74
	Member changed to Independent from Liberal

1993

1993 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Filing	39,326	54.81	+5.65
	Labor	Christine Power	25,089	34.97	+4.03
	Greens	Stephen Magyar	4,063	5.66	−2.23
	Democrats	Libby Brown	2,866	3.99	−6.77
	Natural Law	Alex Novakovic	405	0.56	+0.6
Total formal votes			71,749	98.15	+0.85
Informal votes			1,354	1.85	−0.85
Turnout			73,103	96.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Filing	42,125	58.73	+1.81
	Labor	Christine Power	29,606	41.27	−1.81
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.81

1990

1990 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Filing	30,355	49.2	+5.4
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	19,105	30.9	−17.0
	Democrats	Alan Lloyd	6,647	10.8	+10.8
	Greens	Brian Steels	4,877	7.9	+7.9
	Grey Power	Mark Watson	768	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			61,752	97.3
Informal votes			1,718	2.7
Turnout			63,470	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Filing	35,081	56.9	+6.3
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	26,560	43.1	−6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.3

Elections in the 1980s

1987

1987 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	33,022	53.7	−1.4
	Liberal	Jim Crawley	23,370	38.0	−6.9
	National	Geoff Gill	5,138	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			61,530	93.0
Informal votes			4,610	7.0
Turnout			66,140	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	33,940	55.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Jim Crawley	27,587	44.8	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

1984

1984 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	29,672	55.1	−1.1
	Liberal	Rita Waters	24,164	44.9	+6.4
Total formal votes			53,836	93.9
Informal votes			3,519	6.1
Turnout			57,355	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.21

1983

1983 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	42,557	54.1	+11.2
	Liberal	John Hyde	31,952	40.6	−6.4
	Democrats	Alan Needham	4,120	5.2	−2.6
Total formal votes			78,629	98.4
Informal votes			1,255	1.6
Turnout			79,884	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Allen Blanchard		57.2	+10.0
	Liberal	John Hyde		42.8	−10.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.0

1980

1980 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hyde	31,021	47.0	+3.2
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	28,267	42.9	+15.1
	Democrats	Donald McComish	5,152	7.8	−4.4
	National Country	Gladwin Wood	1,506	2.3	−9.9
Total formal votes			65,946	97.5
Informal votes			1,658	2.5
Turnout			67,604	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hyde	34,852	52.8	−11.1
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	31,094	47.2	+11.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977

1977 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hyde	29,516	47.8	−6.4
	Labor	James Hansen	14,707	23.8	−8.6
	Democrats	Patricia Edward	7,540	12.2	+12.2
	National Country	Roy Clarke	7,530	12.2	−1.2
	Progress	Maurice Brockwell	2,426	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			61,719	96.7
Informal votes			2,116	3.3
Turnout			63,835	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hyde		67.9	+2.4
	Labor	James Hansen		32.1	−2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

1975

1975 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hyde	38,845	56.0	+20.5
	Labor	Allen Blanchard	21,230	30.6	−6.5
	National Country	Graham Anderson	9,312	13.4	−12.7
Total formal votes			69,387	97.8
Informal votes			1,583	2.2
Turnout			70,970	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hyde		67.2	+6.7
	Labor	Allen Blanchard		32.8	−6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

1974

1974 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Boland	21,220	37.1	−1.6
	Liberal	John Hyde	20,279	35.5	+7.6
	National Alliance	Don Maisey	14,889	26.1	−7.3
	Australia	Syd Hickman	752	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			57,140	97.7
Informal votes			1,322	2.3
Turnout			58,462	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hyde	34,565	60.5	+60.5
	Labor	Rodney Boland	22,275	39.5	−1.4
	Liberal gain from National Alliance		Swing	+1.4

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Walsh	21,074	38.7	−3.1
	Country	Don Maisey	15,647	28.8	−2.2
	Liberal	John Hyde	15,197	27.9	+6.0
	Democratic Labor	Benjamin Ballantyne	2,480	4.6	−0.7
Total formal votes			54,398	97.5
Informal votes			1,380	2.5
Turnout			55,778	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Don Maisey	32,144	59.1	+3.6
	Labor	Peter Walsh	22,254	40.9	−3.6
	Country hold		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Walsh	18,829	41.8	+5.9
	Country	Don Maisey	13,968	31.0	−3.0
	Liberal	Ian Thompson	9,856	21.9	−3.5
	Democratic Labor	John Deane	2,390	5.3	+0.6
Total formal votes			45,043	97.5
Informal votes			1,162	2.5
Turnout			46,205	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Don Maisey	25,000	55.5	−5.0
	Labor	Peter Walsh	20,043	44.5	+5.0
	Country hold		Swing	−5.0

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Don Maisey	14,815	35.8	+1.9
	Labor	Mal Bryce	14,109	34.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Harold Lundy	10,495	25.4	−8.6
	Democratic Labor	Gavin O'Connor	1,963	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			41,382	96.5
Informal votes			1,502	3.5
Turnout			42,884	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Don Maisey	25,791	62.3	+4.6
	Labor	Mal Bryce	15,591	37.7	+37.7
	Country hold		Swing	+4.6

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vic Halbert	12,876	34.0	−1.0
	Country	Don Maisey	12,810	33.9	+3.1
	Labor	Wilbur Bennett	12,146	32.1	+3.6
Total formal votes			37,832	98.3
Informal votes			670	1.7
Turnout			38,502	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Don Maisey	21,847	57.7	+6.4
	Liberal	Vic Halbert	15,985	42.3	−6.4
	Country hold		Swing	+6.4

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vic Halbert	12,406	35.0	+2.7
	Country	Hugh Leslie	10,910	30.8	−9.7
	Labor	Wilbur Bennett	10,106	28.5	+1.3
	Democratic Labor	John Crisafulli	1,986	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			35,408	96.6
Informal votes			1,237	3.4
Turnout			36,645	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Hugh Leslie	18,172	51.3	+4.2
	Liberal	Vic Halbert	17,236	48.7	−4.2
	Country gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Leslie	13,542	40.5	−59.5
	Liberal	Vic Halbert	10,792	32.3	+32.3
	Labor	Wilbur Bennett	9,073	27.2	+27.2
Total formal votes			33,407	96.7
Informal votes			1,155	3.3
Turnout			34,562	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Vic Halbert	17,679	52.9	+52.9
	Country	Hugh Leslie	15,728	47.1	−52.9
	Liberal gain from Country		Swing	+52.9

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Leslie	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Leslie	22,760	57.0	−2.4
	Labor	Arthur Dargin	17,143	43.0	+2.4
Total formal votes			39,903	98.2
Informal votes			741	1.8
Turnout			40,644	96.1
	Country hold		Swing	−2.4

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Leslie	19,921	59.6	+21.8
	Labor	Arthur Hunter	13,492	40.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			33,413	96.8
Informal votes			1,099	3.2
Turnout			34,512	95.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Moore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Byrne	12,282	38.0	−7.0
	Country	Hugh Leslie	12,244	37.8	−17.2
	Liberal	Ken Jones	7,836	24.2	+24.2
Total formal votes			32,362	97.3
Informal votes			894	2.7
Turnout			33,256	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Hugh Leslie	19,098	59.0	+4.0
	Labor	Kevin Byrne	13,264	41.0	−4.0
	Country notional hold		Swing	+4.0

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos