Background
Moore, Lieutenant - the Newton James was born on May 17, 1870 in Bunbury, W. Australia. Son of late James Moore, Justice of the Peace.
Moore, Lieutenant - the Newton James was born on May 17, 1870 in Bunbury, W. Australia. Son of late James Moore, Justice of the Peace.
Bunbury; Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South. Australia.
Formerly Mayor of Bunbury. Member of Parliament Bunbury since 1904. Minister for Lands, 1905.
Premier and Minister for Lands, 1906-1909.
Minister for Justice, May to June, 1909. President Municipal Association of Western Australia, 1904-1905.
Commanded 18th regiment Australian Light Horse, 1901-1908. Officer commanding Australian Intelligence Corps, West Australia, since 1908.
President Institution of Surveyors of Western Australia. North 1910: Justice of the Peace, M.L.A. Premier since 1906, and Colonial Treasurer since 1909.
Clubs: Perth, West Australian Masonic, Weld, Perth. South-West, Bunbury.