Ora B. Moore Explained

Ora B. Moore
Birth Date:7 March 1888
Birth Place:Moulton, Iowa
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Constituency:Ponoka
Term Start:August 8, 1944
Term End:August 4, 1952
Predecessor:Percy McKelvey
Successor:Glen Johnston
Party:Social Credit Party of Alberta
Alma Mater:Iowa State University
Children:Eight

Ora B. Moore (March 7, 1888  - June 27, 1973) was a provincial politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1944 to 1952, sitting as a Social Credit member from the constituency of Ponoka.[1]

Early life

Ora B. Moore was born March 7, 1888, in Moulton, Iowa, to John R. Moore and Laura Ada Short. Moore moved to Canada in 1913. Moore married Erma Mayl Sutton on December 8, 1909.[1] Moore attended Iowa State University completing a B.S.A.[1]

Political career

Moore was elected in the 1944 Alberta general election to the 10th Alberta Legislature for the constituency of Ponoka as a member of the Social Credit Party. Moore received 52.1 per cent of the vote, defeating Co-operative Commonwealth candidate Ira D. Taylor with 24 per cent, Independent Neil W. Nelson with 18.4 per cent, and Labour-Progressive candidate R. G. Calwell with 5.6 per cent.[2]

Moore was re-elected in the 1948 Alberta general election, receiving 63.5 per cent of the vote, defeating Co-operative Commonwealth candidate A. D. Olsen with 24.2 per cent, and Liberal Robert McLaren with 12.3 per cent.[2]

Later life

Moore died on June 27, 1973.

Fonds

Ora B. Moore's fonds are held by the Provincial Archives of Alberta.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Normandin . G. Pierre . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide = Guide Parlementaire Canadien . 1952 . G. Pierre Normandin . Ottawa . August 9, 2020 . 0315-6168 . 893686591 . 437.
  2. Web site: Election results for Ponoka. . abheritage.ca. . Heritage Community Foundation . June 8, 2020 . https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208183724/http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/administration/year_result.php?Constit=Ponoka . December 8, 2010 . Wayback Machine.
  3. Web site: Fonds paa-6519 - Ora B. Moore fonds . Alberta on Record . Provincial Archives of Alberta . 14 December 2021.