The Honourable
Rob Moore
PC MP
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
In office
July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byBernard Valcourt (2012)
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism)
In office
January 19, 2010 – May 18, 2011
Prime MinisterStephen Harper
Preceded byDiane Ablonczy
Succeeded byMaxime Bernier
Member of Parliament
for Fundy Royal
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byAlaina Lockhart
In office
June 28, 2004 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byJohn Herron
Succeeded byAlaina Lockhart
Personal details
Born
Robert S. Moore

(1974-05-14) May 14, 1974 (age 49)
Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
Political partyConservative (2003-present)
Other political
affiliations		Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)
SpouseMelinda
ResidenceQuispamsis, New Brunswick
Alma materUniversity of New Brunswick
ProfessionLawyer

Robert S. Moore PC MP (born May 14, 1974) is a Canadian lawyer, politician, and former Minister of State (ACOA) and Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.[1]

Moore was first elected to parliament in the 2004 federal election serving until his defeat in the 2015 federal election. He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election for his former riding of Fundy Royal.

Early life and career

Moore was born in Gander, Newfoundland. He is the son of a Pentecostal minister, R. Douglas Moore (of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada) and his wife, Marie. He has two younger sisters and a younger brother. Due to his father's pastoral work, Moore spent time during his childhood living near Syracuse, New York and also spent eight years from late childhood to his mid-teenage years living in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, he attended Bethel Christian Academy, a school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania affiliated with his father's church, Bethel Assembly of God. After completing the 8th grade at Bethel Christian Academy (now called Carlisle Christian Academy), he briefly attended Boiling Springs High School (with the South Middleton School District) in Boiling Springs, PA. His family returned to Canada in the summer of 1989 when his father, a Canadian citizen, started a church.[2] Moore completed his high school education at Kennebecasis Valley High School in 1992.

Moore has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of New Brunswick. He was admitted to the Law Society of New Brunswick in June 2000.

He and his wife Melinda live in Quispamsis with their two daughters, Madeline and Katelyn and son Robert.[3]

Political career

Moore ran in the 2000 federal election for the Canadian Alliance in the New Brunswick riding of Fundy—Royal. He finished third, with 8,392 votes behind John Herron of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.

Following the 2003 merger of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance into the new Conservative Party of Canada, Moore ran as the Conservative candidate in the 2004 election in the reshaped riding of Fundy against Herron, who had not supported the merger and ran as the Liberal candidate in the 2004 election. Moore won the rematch.

In the 2006 election, Moore defeated three opponents: Eldon Hunter of the Liberal Party of Canada, Rob Moir of the New Democratic Party, and Patty Donovan of the Green Party of Canada. The Conservatives, led by Stephen Harper, replaced the Liberals' minority government with one of their own in 2006. When the new government was sworn in in February 2006, Moore was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Moore's duties as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice included representing the Minister in Parliament and in the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights.

Harper led the Conservative minority government as Prime Minister of Canada for over two years before the 2008 Canadian federal election after which a coalition threat was narrowly defeated by a combination of delaying tactics and leadership shifts in the Liberal Party of Canada. Moore was personally re-elected.

On January 19, 2010, Harper appointed Moore to cabinet as the Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism).[4] He replaced Diane Ablonczy, who moved to Minister of State (Seniors). He was eventually released from cabinet after the general election in May 2011 (in which the Conservatives won their first majority government since their re-formation under that name). Michael Sona, the only person charged in relation the 2011 Canadian federal election voter suppression scandal, worked for a time as a communications special assistant for Moore after the election.[5]

On July 15, 2013, Moore was reinstated in the cabinet and named Minister of State (ACOA) and Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador in a cabinet shuffle.[1][6] Moore ran for reelection as the Conservative candidate for Fundy Royal in the 2015 Canadian federal election[7] but lost to Alaina Lockhart, who became only the second Liberal in a century to win what was generally a safe Conservative seat.[8]

On September 15, 2016, Moore was appointed as the Conservative critic for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) by Interim Leader of the Conservative Party, Rona Ambrose, replacing Scott Armstrong.[9] He was the only Conservative Party critic who was not a member of either the Senate of Canada or the House of Commons of Canada.[10]

Moore regained his seat of Fundy Royal, defeating Lockhart, in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[11][12]

Moore endorsed Peter MacKay in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.[13] He was re-elected in the 2021 federal election.

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Moore 21,460 48.35 +2.33 $75,724.15
Liberal Whitney Dykeman 11,075 24.95 –0.61 $42,961.74
New Democratic Josh Floyd 6,211 13.99 +4.11 $150.00
People's Wayne Wheeler 3,447 7.77 +5.20 none listed
Green Tim Thompson 2,189 4.93 –10.02 $2,330.78
Total valid votes/expense limit 44,382 100.00 – $108,919.19
Total rejected ballots 213 0.48 –0.23
Turnout 44,595 66.72 –8.67
Registered voters 66,835
Conservative hold Swing +1.47
Source: Elections Canada[14]
2019 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Moore 22,389 46.02 +8.94 $75,539.19
Liberal Alaina Lockhart 12,433 25.56 −15.31 $70,219.03
Green Tim Thompson 7,275 14.95 +11.06 $23,925.97
New Democratic James Tolan 4,804 9.88 −7.65 $1,955.15
People's Rudy Neumayer 1,249 2.57 none listed
Independent David Raymond Amos 295 0.61 −0.03 none listed
National Citizens Alliance John Evans 201 0.41 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,646 99.29
Total rejected ballots 349 0.71 +0.02
Turnout 48,995 75.39 +0.79
Eligible voters 64,992
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.13
Source: Elections Canada[15][16]
2015 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Alaina Lockhart 19,136 40.87 +30.44 $44,760.36
Conservative Rob Moore 17,361 37.09 −20.88 $94,342.23
New Democratic Jennifer McKenzie 8,204 17.52 −9.34 $48,770.66
Green Stephanie Coburn 1,823 3.89 −0.83 $1,469.99
Independent David Raymond Amos 296 0.63 – –
Total valid votes/expense limit 46,820 100.0   $204,844.46
Total rejected ballots 241 0.51
Turnout 47,061 75.04
Eligible voters 62,713
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +25.66
Source(s)
  • "Fundy Royal". Election Results. Elections Canada. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  • Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
2011 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Moore 21,206 58.14 +6.51 $69,107.44
New Democratic Darryl Pitre 9,845 26.99 +3.26 $16,490.62
Liberal Linda Wilhelm 3,668 10.06 −7.26 $18,468.64
Green Stephanie Coburn 1,757 4.82 −2.50 $4,477.15
Total valid votes/expense limit 36,476 100.0     $82,316.67
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 238 0.65 −0.04
Turnout 36,714 64.64 +3.55
Eligible voters 56,795
Conservative hold Swing +1.62
Sources:[17][18]
2008 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Moore 17,220 51.63 +3.29 $68,450.59
New Democratic Rob Moir 7,913 23.73 +2.61 $16,245.21
Liberal Mark Wright 5,776 17.32 −10.04 $15,561.21
Green Erik Millett 2,443 7.32 +4.04 $67.47
Total valid votes/expense limit 33,352 100.0     $79,136
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 233 0.69 ±0
Turnout 33,585 61.09 −6.77
Eligible voters 54,978
Conservative hold Swing +0.34
2006 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Moore 17,630 48.31 +3.49 $64,924.34
Liberal Eldon Hunter 9,979 27.34 −7.43 $32,794.75
New Democratic Rob Moir 7,696 21.09 +4.90 $8,504.17
Green Patty Donovan 1,189 3.26 +0.12 $48.65
Total valid votes/expense limit 36,494 100.0     $73,430
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 253 0.69 ±0
Turnout 36,747 67.86 +5.30
Eligible voters 54,154
Conservative hold Swing +5.46
2004 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Rob Moore 14,997 44.82 −18.46 $63,125.86
Liberal John Herron 11,635 34.77 +5.30 $52,913.85
New Democratic Pat Hanratty 5,417 16.19 +8.99 $2,925.27
Green Karin Bach 1,051 3.14 – none listed
Independent David Amos 358 1.07 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 33,458 100.0     $71,567
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 231 0.69
Turnout 33,689 62.56
Eligible voters 54,113
Conservative notional gain from Progressive Conservative Swing −11.88
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Conservative Party change is based on the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party totals.
2000 Canadian federal election: Fundy Royal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative John Herron 15,279 40.51 −1.01
Liberal John King 11,422 30.28 +4.96
Alliance Rob Moore 8,392 22.25 −0.68
New Democratic John Calder 2,628 6.97 −2.44
Total valid votes 37,721 100.00

Results for the Canadian Alliance from 1997 are based on the results of its predecessor, the Reform Party.

References

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  3. ^ "Rob Moore, Member of Parliament, Fundy-Royal, New Brunswick". Archived from the original on 2006-01-17.
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  8. ^ "Liberal Alaina Lockhart elected in southern riding of Fundy Royal". CBC. October 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 7, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015. Conservative candidate Rob Moore is in second with 37.1 per cent
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  10. ^ "Three out of four Atlantic Conservative MPs make Scheer's shadow cabinet | SaltWire". Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  11. ^ "2 Conservatives retake the N.B. seats they lost in 2015 | CBC News". Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  12. ^ "Conservative Rob Moore retakes Fundy Royal - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca". Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  13. ^ MacKay, Peter (11 July 2020). "Welcome to #TeamMacKay New Brunswick MP the Hon. @RobMoore_CPC". Twitter. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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  15. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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  17. ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  18. ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election

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