Rob Moore (politician)

Infobox CanadianMP | name=Rob Moore


term_start=2004
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predecessor= John Herron
birth_date= birth date and age |1974|5|14
birth_place= Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
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profession= lawyer
party=Conservative Party of Canada
party colour=Conservative
residence=Hampton, New Brunswick
riding=Fundy Royal
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spouse=Melinda
religion=Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada|:"For the American Football player, see Rob Moore (football player)".

Rob Moore (born May 14, 1974) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Moore was born in Gander, Newfoundland. Rob is the son of a Pentecostal minister, R. Douglas Moore (of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada) and his wife, Marie. He has 2 younger sisters and a younger brother. Due to his father's pastoral work, Rob spent time during his childhood living in New York state (in the Syracuse area) and also spent 8 years of his life (from his late childhood to his mid-teenage years) living in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. While in Pennsylvania, he attended Bethel Christian Academy (the school affiliated with his father's church, Bethel Assembly of God, which is in Carlisle, Pennsylvania). 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 father (a Canadian citizen and native) then desired to move his family back to Canada to start a church in the late Summer of 1990.

He 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 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 quit the Conservatives and was running as a Liberal. Moore won the rematch.

In the 2006 election, Moore ran against 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.

Nevertheless, he successfully retained his seat in Parliament. His Conservative Party, headed by Stephen Harper, won a minority government against the ruling Liberals who had been headed by Paul Martin. In February 2006 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada.

He and his wife Melinda live in Quispamsis with their daughter Madeline.

External links

* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=06f7fc82-e362-4d7e-8333-ec9b77dafdfc&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament of Canada Webpage]