Arthur Edward Moore
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Arthur Edward Moore was an Australian politician. He was the Country and Progressive National Party Premier of Queensland, from 1929 to 1932. He was the only Queensland Premier not to come from the ra
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Moore (left) with Senator Hal Colebatch in 1930
William Forgan Smith
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William Forgan Smith was an Australian politician. He served as Premier of the state of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He came to dominate politics in the state during the 1930s, and his populism, firm
Arthur Edward Moore
…his party's loss of standing with the onset of the Great Depression, as well as continued internal bickering. The CPNP was defeated by Labor under William Forgan Smith. Moore kept the CPNP together as leader until the disastrous defeat of 1935, where it won sixteen out of 62 seats. In the aftermath, the CPNP split…
Smith, c. 1942
Construction of the Forgan Smith Building at The University of Queensland, 1940.
Smith and cabinet, ca 1932