Arthur Edward Moore (1876-1963), was an Australian politician, the first Country Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ranks of the Labor Party between 1915 and 1957. 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. 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party, originally called the Country Party, adopting the name of National Country Party in 1975 and adopting its present name in 1982. ... List of Premiers of Queensland Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Queensland. ... Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Great Depression was the global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ...

Early career

Moore was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1876. His family moved to Australia when his father became a bank manager in Melbourne. 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. 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. Napier is an important port city in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. ... 1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area), and 3,488,750 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (census 2001 [1]). The... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp) is a grass that is cultivated around the world. ... The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of various animals—most commonly cows but sometimes goats, sheep, reindeer, and water buffalo. ...

Moore entered the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1915 representing the Farmers Union (a forerunner to the Country Party) in the seat of Aubigny. This election saw the defeat of the government of Digby Denham and the election of the Labor government of T.J. Ryan. 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. Bitter strife within and between these various parties was a contributing factor to Labor's election victories in 1918, 1920, and 1923. The Parliaments of the Australian states and territories are legislative bodies within the federal framework of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Digby Frank Denham (1859-1944) was Premier of Queensland, Australia, from February 1911 to June 1915. ... A statue of T J Ryan stands in Queens Gardens, Brisbane Thomas Joseph Ryan was Premier of Queensland, Australia from May 1915 until October 1919 when he resigned to enter federal politics. ... For the modern Australian Liberal Party, see Liberal Party of Australia The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ... The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to 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. The Party changed its name in December 1925 to the Country Progressive National Party (CPNP). 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. January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... William McCormack (1879-1947), 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. 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. 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. Moore came under repeated attack from the conservative Brisbane Courier. The Great Depression was the global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ... Deflation (economics) Deflation (data compression) Deflation is the removal of loose soil by eolian (wind) processes This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Income tax is a direct tax which is levied on the income of private individuals. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland, until its abolition in 1922. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Courier Mail is a Queensland-based newspaper. ...

During his term, Moore also redrew the electoral boundaries, becoming one of the many Queensland premiers accused of gerrymandering. The size of the Legislative Assembly was reduced from 72 to 62 seats, mainly accomplished by the abolition of sitting Labor members' seats. Redrawing electoral districts in this example creates a guaranteed 3-to-1 advantage for Party 1. ...

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. 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. 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. 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... In countries that are members of the Commonwealth a Royal Commission is a major government inquiry into an issue. ... Hon Ted Theodore Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 - 28 February 1950), Australian politician, was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of a Romanian immigrant called Basil Teodorescu. ... The Mungana Affair involved the selling of some mining properties in the Chillagoe-Mungana districts of northern Queensland, Australia to the Queensland government, at a grossly inflated price. ... Rt Hon James Scullin James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 - January 28, 1953), Australian politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the small town of Trawalla, in western Victoria, the son of a railway worker of Irish descent. ... William Forgan Smith (1887-1953), was Premier of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. ...

After defeat

Moore kept the CPNP together as leader until the disastrous defeat of 1935, where it won sixteen out of 62 seats. In the aftermath the Queensland Country Party was formed in March 1936 and subsequently accepted most of the rural members of the CPNP. 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. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Further reading

• Costar, Brian. "Arthur Edward Moore: Odd Man In". In Murphy D, Joyce R, Cribb M, and Wear, R (Ed.), The Premiers of Queensland pp. 184-206. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0-7022-3173-8.

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