| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Richard Moore | |
| Term Start: | 1937 |
| Term End: | 15 September 1966 |
| Predecessor: | Ernest Brimage |
| Successor: | Lewis Alman |
| Parliament2: | Western Australian |
| Term Start2: | 29 October 1932 |
| Term End2: | 21 May 1936 |
| Alongside2: | Edgar Harris (1932–1934) Harold Seddon (1932–1936) Charles Elliott (1934–1936) |
| Birth Name: | Richard Greenslade Moore |
| Birth Date: | 21 June 1878 |
| Education: | Eddington State School |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
Sir Richard Greenslade Moore (21 June 1878 – 15 September 1966) was an Australian politician who served as Mayor of the Municipality of Kalgoorlie (Town of Kalgoorlie from 1961) between 1937 and 1966. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council between 1932 and 1936.[1] [2]
Moore was born in 1878 in Neereman, near Bendigo in the Goldfields region of Victoria to Anne (Greenslade) and John Moore. His father was a blacksmith and Richard took on his father's trade after finishing school.[1]
In 1900, Moore moved to Kalgoorlie where he worked as a gold miner. Two years later, he set up a blacksmith operation at Broad Arrow, north of Kalgoorlie. In the following years, Moore moved between Kalgoorlie, Perth, back to Victoria; finally returning to Kalgoorlie towards the end of the decade.[1]
In April 1925, Moore was elected to the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council in an extraordinary election.[3] Moore was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1932 as one of three members of the North-East Province as a member of the Nationalist Party. Moore resigned his council seat in 1933 to focus on his parliamentary responsibilities.[4] [5] In July 1937, Moore was elected as Mayor of Kalgoorlie following the death of the incumbent, Ernest Brimage.[6] [7]
Moore was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in January 1951. In 1960, Moore became a Knight Bachelor.[8] [9]