Ronald Moore (Manitoba politician)
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Ronald Moore
| image=Ronald Stewart Moore, 1945.jpg
| imagesize=
| caption=
| birth_date={{birth date|1913|12|22}}
| birth_place=Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
| death_date={{death date and age|2003|11|21|1913|12|22}}
| death_place=Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
| spouse=
| riding=Churchill
| parliament=Canadian
| term_start=June 11, 1945
| term_end=June 26, 1949
| predecessor=Thomas Alexander Crerar
| successor=George Weaver
| profession=engineer
| party= Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
| party colour=
| footnotes=
| predecessor2=
| successor2=
| religion=
| website=
| residence=Brandon, Manitoba
|}}
Ronald Stewart Moore (December 22, 1913 – November 21, 2003) was a Canadian politician from Manitoba. He served as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MP in the House of Commons of Canada from 1945 to 1949 representing the riding of Churchill.[https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/38th_2nd/hansardpdf/005.pdf Legislative Assembly of Manitoba Hansard, November 26, 2003], page 148
Moore was born in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan and worked on the Canadian National Railway as a young man. During World War II he enlisted with the Royal Canadian Navy and served from 1942 to 1945.[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/moore_rs.shtml Biography], Manitoba Historical Society He was elected to parliament after the war in the 1945 federal election.
After losing the 1949 federal election he returned to the CNR in Brandon, Manitoba before qualifying as an engineer and getting a job at CFB Shilo's heating plant. He remained active with the CCF and its successor, the New Democratic Party throughout his life. Moore attempted to regain his seat in the 1953 federal election but was unsuccessful.[http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=135d802e-28f0-4d51-bbb7-24d5271e5abd&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D%26Riding%3D%26Name%3Dm%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26Picture%3DFalse%26Language%3DE Parliamentary biography] He died in 2003 in Brandon.{{Cite web |url=http://www.memorieschapel.com/book-of-memories/1440942/Moore-Ronald/obituary.php?Printable=true |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-06-13 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224932/http://www.memorieschapel.com/book-of-memories/1440942/Moore-Ronald/obituary.php?Printable=true |url-status=dead }}
{{1945 Canadian federal election/Churchill}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2445|2=Ronald Moore}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Ronald}}
Category:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada