Background
Moore was born in London on 7 March 1849, the son of shoemaker John Moore and his wife Annual
Moore was born in London on 7 March 1849, the son of shoemaker John Moore and his wife Annual
He left England with his family on the Steadfast in February 1851, which arrived in Lyttelton on 8 June of that year. He was Mayor of Kaiapoi from 1884 to 1887. In the 1887 election, he unsuccessfully contested the Kaiapoi electorate against Edward Richardson.
He represented Kaiapoi from 1890 to 1893, when he was defeated, and from 1896 to 1899, when he was again defeated.
In 1935, he was awarded the. Moore died in 1936 at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere, and was buried at Kaiapoi Cemetery.
He was later made a member of the Legislative Council (1914–1935).