Moore – Australia 2028

ALP 2.9%

Incumbent MP
Tom French, since 2025.

Geography
Northern Perth. Moore covers suburbs along the coast on the northern fringe of Perth, including Carine, Hillarys, Sorrento, Mullaloo, Ocean Reef, Joondalup, Karrinyup, Kingsley, North Beach, Watermans Bay and Woodvale.

History
Moore was created for the 1949 election, and has been dominated by conservative parties for most of its history. It has been held by the Country Party or Liberal Party for most of that period, although it was won by the ALP at three elections in the 1980s and was retained by a former Liberal independent in the 1990s.

Moore was first won in 1949 by the Country Party’s Hugh Leslie, a former state MP. Leslie held the seat until 1958, when he lost the seat to the Liberal Party’s Hugh Halbert. Leslie won the seat back in 1961, and retired in 1963.

Donald Maisey won the seat for the Country Party in 1963. He held the seat for the next decade, and lost in 1974 to the Liberal Party’s John Hyde. Hyde helped form ‘the Dries’ as a group of Liberal backbenchers supporting mass privatisations and deregulation, and was highly critical of the Fraser government. Hyde lost his seat in 1983.

The ALP’s Allen Blanchard won Moore in 1983, and held the seat until the 1990 election, when he lost to Liberal candidate Paul Filing.

Paul Filing was re-elected in 1993, but in 1995 he lost Liberal endorsement for Moore, and he became an independent. He managed to win re-election in 1996, but he lost the seat in 1998 to Liberal candidate Mal Washer.

Washer held Moore for five terms, and retired in 2013.

Washer was succeeded in 2013 by Liberal candidate Ian Goodenough, who was re-elected three times. Ian Goodenough left the Liberal Party in late 2024 after losing preselection for the next election.

Labor candidate Tom French won Moore in 2025, with Goodenough coming fourth.

Candidates
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Assessment
This section will be filled in closer to the election.

2025 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Tom French Labor 34,734 32.5 +0.6
Vince Connelly Liberal 33,595 31.4 -10.4
Scott McCarthy Greens 11,877 11.1 -3.0
Ian Goodenough Independent 10,623 9.9 +9.9
Nathan Barton Independent 6,762 6.3 +6.3
Paul Fimognari One Nation 4,840 4.5 +1.3
Trevor Alan Bartley Australian Christians 2,347 2.2 +2.2
Christopher Rennick Trumpet of Patriots 2,059 1.9 +1.2
Informal 5,367 4.8 +0.6

2025 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Tom French Labor 56,502 52.9 +3.8
Vince Connelly Liberal 50,335 47.1 -3.8

Booth breakdown

Booths have been divided into three parts: central, north and south.

Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 50.7% in the south to 58.3% in the north. Labor won just over 51% in the pre-poll and other votes.

The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 12.8% in the centre to 14.6% in the north.

Voter group GRN prim ALP 2PP Total votes % of votes
Central 12.8 56.8 19,954 18.7
South 13.3 50.7 16,019 15.0
North 14.6 58.3 10,357 9.7
Pre-poll 8.6 51.2 42,748 40.0
Other votes 11.4 51.3 17,759 16.6

Election results in Moore at the 2025 federal election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party, the Greens and independent candidate Ian Goodenough.

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