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23rd Premier of Queensland
Arthur Edward Moore CMG

In office 21 May 1929 – 17 June 1932
Preceded by	William McCormack
Succeeded by	William Forgan Smith

Born	February 9, 1876 (1876-02-09) Napier, New Zealand
Died	January 7, 1963 (aged 86) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Country and Progressive National Party

Arthur Edward Moore, CMG (February 9, 1876 – January 17, 1963) was an Australian politician. Arthur Moore could refer to Arthur Thomas Moore (1830&ndash1913 Irish Victoria Cross recipient Arthur Moore (labor leader (born The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. William McCormack ( 27 April 1879 &ndash 21 November 1947) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 1925 to 1929 William Forgan Smith (15 April 1887 - 23 September 1953 generally known as Forgan Smith, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Napier ( Ahuriri in Māori) is a port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland. See Premiers of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Premier Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ranks of the Labor Party between 1915 and 1957. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Although successful in achieving the unity of the conservative forces in Queensland for an extended period, Moore's abilities were tested by the onset of the Great Depression and like many other governments in Australia and elsewhere his was unable to endure the formidable challenges it posed.

1 Early career
2 The Moore government
3 After defeat
4 Further reading

Early career

Moore was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1876. Napier ( Ahuriri in Māori) is a port city in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year His family moved to Australia when his father became a bank manager in Melbourne. Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 The younger Moore arrived in Queensland in 1898, where he was a wheat farmer on the Darling Downs and the owner of two cheese factories. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. The Darling Downs is a Farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. Cheese is a Food made from Milk, usually the milk of cows, Buffalo, Goats or sheep, by coagulation. He followed what was to be the standard National Party road to office for many years - a career in local government, becoming chairman of the Rosalie Shire Council and the president of the Queensland Local Authorities Association.

Moore entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1915 representing the Farmers Union (a forerunner to the Country Party) in the seat of Aubigny. The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the Unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. This election saw the defeat of the government of Digby Denham and the election of the Labor government of Thomas J. Ryan. Digby Frank Denham (1859-1944 was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from February 1911 to June 1915 Thomas Joseph Ryan ( 1 July 1876 – 1 August 1921) was Premier of Queensland, Australia from May 1915 until October 1919 The non-Labor forces in Queensland were in a period of chronic disunity, with the Country Party coming into conflict with what was then known as the Liberal Party but would later also be called the Nationalist and then the United Party. For the modern Liberal Party of Australia see Liberal Party of Australia The Commonwealth Liberal Party (CLP also known as The Fusion Stanleybrucejpg|right|150px|thumb| Stanley Bruce, Nationalist Prime Minister of Australia 1923-1929]] The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political Bitter strife within and between these various parties was a contributing factor to Labor's election victories in 1918, 1920, and 1923. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Moore, who had been made Deputy Leader of the Opposition in 1920, was among those Country Party members who, suspicious of United Party motives, refused to join a proposed Country-United merger mooted in the January of 1923. The feuding had begun to subside by 1924, when on 9 April Moore was elected Leader of the Opposition, and then in the next year the Country and United parties joined to form the Country Progressive Party, amid criticisms from members of the organisational wings of both former organisations. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) The Party changed its name in December 1925 to the Country Progressive National Party (CPNP). Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The CPNP gained sixteen seats in the elections of 1926 without winning government, and in 1929, amid threats of further division within the CPNP ranks, Moore won a large victory against William McCormack, plagued with his own internal problems, to become Premier. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William McCormack ( 27 April 1879 &ndash 21 November 1947) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 1925 to 1929

The Moore government

Moore's government soon had to deal with the effects of the Great Depression that was wreaking havoc on the economy throughout Australia. Moore responded by following a policy of deflation, limiting government expenditure and attempting to scale back wages and worker's entitlements. Deflation is the opposite of Inflation. Therefore under the usual contemporary definition of inflation 'deflation' means a decrease in the general price level. In order to assist the state's finances he implemented an income tax, much to the chagrin of many supporters. His proposals for economic assistance to wool growers in 1931 met with opposition from banks and financial institutions. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He also came under fire in 1931 when divisions in the CPNP's parliamentary party emerged over the restoration of the Legislative Council, abolished in 1921. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Queensland Legislative Council was the Upper house of the Parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition by the Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Moore came under repeated attack from the conservative Brisbane Courier. The Courier-Mail is a daily Newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia.

During his term, Moore also redrew the electoral boundaries, becoming one of the many Queensland premiers accused of gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is a form of redistribution in which electoral district or Constituency boundaries are manipulated for electoral advantage The size of the Legislative Assembly was reduced from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats.

In 1932 Moore instituted a Royal Commission to investigate former Labor Premier E.G. Theodore over his alleged corruption in what was known as the Mungana affair. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The term Royal Commission may also be used in the United Kingdom to describe the group of Lords Commissioners who may act in the stead of the Edward Granville Theodore ( 29 December, 1884 &ndash 9 February, 1950,) Australian politician was born in Adelaide, The Mungana Affair involved the selling of some mining properties in the Chillagoe - Mungana districts of northern Queensland, Australia to the Moore was accused by many in the Labor movement of orchestrating the Commission's activities in such a way as to deal maximum political damage to the Scullin federal government. James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 &ndash 28 January 1953 Australian Labor Politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia. The elections of that year confirmed his party's loss of standing with the onset of the Great Depression, as well as continued internal bickering. The CPNP was defeated by Labor under William Forgan Smith. William Forgan Smith (15 April 1887 - 23 September 1953 generally known as Forgan Smith, was Premier of the Australian state of Queensland from 1932 to

After defeat

Moore kept the CPNP together as leader until the disastrous defeat of 1935, where it won sixteen out of 62 seats. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the aftermath the Queensland Country Party was formed in March 1936 and subsequently accepted most of the rural members of the CPNP. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Queensland Country Party insisted on Moore's resignation as leader and he was replaced by E. B. Maher. He remained on the opposition front bench until his retirement in 1941. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents

Early career

The Moore government

After defeat

Further reading