Francis Peter Moore (born 9 March 1938) was a member of the

Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ...

Early life

Moore was born at

Mareeba Mareeba is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. Between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ''meeting of the waters'' ...

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, the son of Charles Moore and his wife Mary Amelia (née McDowall). He was educated at the St Thomas's Convent, Mareeba, St Theresa's Agricultural College, Abergowrie, and St Augustine's College, Cairns before attending the

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. He became a school teacher and taught at Mareeba State School in 1957 before coming a science master, teaching at Queensland state secondary schools. In 1957 he was a

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trainee in the

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. On 2 January 1960 Moore married Elaine Maureen Martin with the marriage producing a son and a daughter.

Public life

At the

1969 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 May 1969 to elect the 78 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Country-Liberal Coalition won its fifth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957. It wa ...

Moore, for the Labor Party, won the seat of Mourilyan. He went on to be the member until the

1974 Queensland state election Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The National-Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the s ...

when he was defeated by the National Party's Vicky Kippin.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Peter Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1938 births Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Living people People from Mareeba