Alwyn Bramley Moore

Alywn Bramley Moore (born: 1878 – died: April 4, 1916) was a politician and soldier from Alberta, Canada.

Moore won election to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1909 Alberta general election. In that election he would defeat future MLA James Lowery in a lanslide victory. He represented the new provincial electoral district of Alexandria for the Alberta Liberal Party. He would only serve 1 term in the provincial legislature as a backbencher retiring before the 1913 Alberta general election.

After Moore retired from provincial politics he went overseas to fight in World War I. While fighting in the war he was shot by a German sniper in March 1916 and died in hospital on April 4, 1916. After his death a portrait of Alwyn was commissioned by Premier Arthur Lewis Sifton and was displayed in the legislature for many years.

Moore has almost become a cult hero to modern day Alberta separatists for his many quotations and writings on exploitation of Alberta by eastern Canada. The Edmonton Journal has declared him, "Alberta's first separatist".

External links

* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1148 The Path of Duty : the wartime letters of Alwyn Bramley-Moore 1914-1916]
* [http://www.freealberta.com/quotes.html Free Alberta.com Alywn Moore quotes]
* [http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/blog/thomson.html?post=1939 Remembering Alywn Bramley Moore, Edmonton Journal November 10, 2005]
* [http://www.projectalberta.com/book/canadaandhercolonies.pdf "Canada and Her Colonies; or, Home Rule for Alberta" by Alwyn Bramley-Moore, (.PDF file, 17MB), c/o ProjectAlberta.com]