Richard Moore (7 March 1849 – 12 September 1936) was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of

Kaiapoi Kaiapoi is a town in the Waimakariri District of the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region, in the South Island of New Zealand. The town is located approximately 17 kilometres north of central Christchurch, close to the mouth of the Waimak ...

Biography

Moore was born in London on 7 March 1849, the son of shoemaker John Moore and his wife Ann. He left England with his family on the ''Steadfast'' in February 1851, which arrived in Lyttelton on 8 June of that year. The family settled in Kaiapoi. At 21, he set himself up as a coachbuilder and wheelwright. Later on, he added saddlery to his business. When he sold the business he bought a shareholding in the Kaiapoi Produce Company and later became its sole owner. He was a large shareholder in the Kaiapoi Woollen Company. Moore chaired the school committee for 14 years. He was a member of the Kaiapoi Borough Council for eight years and was Mayor of Kaiapoi from 1884 to 1887. He was chairman of the Waimakariri Harbour Board. In the , he unsuccessfully contested the electorate against

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. He represented Kaiapoi from

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, when he was defeated, and from

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, when he was again defeated. Moore was conjointly elected onto the

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by the boroughs of Kaiapoi and Rangiora in February 1905. He was chairman of the harbour board from 7 May 1913 until 5 May 1915. He was appointed to the

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on 14 July 1914. He was twice re-appointed and served until 13 July 1935. In 1935, he was awarded the

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. Moore died in 1936 at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere, and was buried at Kaiapoi Cemetery.

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* * , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Richard 1849 births 1936 deaths Politicians from London English emigrants to New Zealand Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council Mayors of places in the Canterbury Region People from Kaiapoi Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1893 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1899 New Zealand general election New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates 19th-century New Zealand politicians Lyttelton Harbour Board members