Francis (Frank) Thomas Moore (19 May 1867 – 17 November 1940) was a New Zealand political activist.

Education

Frank Moore attended

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where he was dux.

Political activity

Born in

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near

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, New Zealand on 19 May 1867, Moore was Secretary of the Meat Trade Workers' Federation that was destroyed in the 1890 strike. He was appointed manager of the

Meat Export Company at

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in 1892 and was an active supporter of the Liberal Party during the 1890s. In 1901, Moore was employed by Premier Richard Seddon to prepare a report on the freezing industry for the New Zealand Government. Frank Moore became Chairman of the Johnsonville Town Board in 1905 and was a member of the Hutt County Council. He joined the Wellington Socialist Party in 1907 and was an

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candidate for Wellington Suburbs in the

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

general election. Moore was the Labour Party candidate for the same electorate in

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and

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Banishment from New Zealand

Frank T. Moore threatened the Prime Minister in 1902 during a political dispute and as such as sentenced by a judge to 3 years exile from New Zealand. Frank Moore was sent to Australia by ship in 1902 whereby he promptly returned to New Zealand by ship in 1902 and petitioned the Governor General to overturn/commute the sentence. He was subsequently elected to the Johnsonville Town Board in 1905. Source: Parliamentary Debates, Volume 122, New Zealand, Parliament (1902) - New Zealand.

Publishing activity

Frank Moore was a man of intellectual ability and a reputable academic scholar and as such authored over 50 published works. The most notable of his works are held in the JC Beaglehole Room in the Library of Victoria University in Wellington. The list of works are as follows Book - Essays on burning political questions : state banking and paper money, Moore, Frank Thomas.; 1910 Book - Armageddon and a soldier in khaki, Moore, Frank Thomas.; 1918 Book - New Zealand's centennial wonder book : God's own system of credit, currency and banking : the free distribution of the world's wealth for the world's people, Moore, F. T. (Frank Thomas), 1867–1951.; 1940 Book - The new Palestine and the new idealist, Moore, F. T. (Frank Thomas), 1867–1951.; c1900

External links

Entry in ''Cyclopaedia of New Zealand'' (1900)
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Education

Political activity

Banishment from New Zealand

Publishing activity

Further reading

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