Irwin was an electoral district

Electoral districts of Western Australia

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....

 of the Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....

 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 from 1890 to 1950.

Based in the state's Mid West agricultural region and centred on the town of Dongara

Dongara, Western Australia

Dongara is a town located 351 km north-northwest of Perth on the Brand Highway. The town is located at the mouth of the Irwin River. In recent years the area has been marketed as the 'Rock lobster capital of Australia'....

, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was renamed Irwin-Moore with the abolition of Moore

Electoral district of Moore

Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. It its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election....

 at the 1930 state election.

Irwin-Moore was abolished at the 1950 state election and the seat of Moore recreated. Sitting member John Ackland

John Ackland (politician)

John Hugh Ackland was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1958 representing the seats of Irwin-Moore and Moore.-Biography:...

 of the Country Party

National Party of Western Australia

The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity....

 successfully transferred to the new seat.

Members

Irwin (1890–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Samuel J. Phillips	Ministerial	1890–1904
	Samuel Moore	Ministerial	1904–1911
		Liberal (WA)	1911–1914
	James Gardiner James Gardiner (Australian politician) The Hon. James Gardiner was treasurer of Western Australia from July 1902 to April 1904, and June 1917 to April 1919.-Early life:...	Country National Party of Western Australia The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity....	1914–1921
	Charles Maley	Country	1921–1923
		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
		Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1924–1928
		Country	1928–1929
	Henry Kennedy Maley	Country	1929–1930
Irwin-Moore (1930–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Percy Ferguson	Country	1930–1939
	Claude Barker Claude Barker Claude Osmonde Barker was an Australian politician. He was the Independent member for Irwin-Moore in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 18 March to 2 August 1939, when he resigned....	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1939
	Horace Berry	Independent	1939–1947
	John Ackland John Ackland (politician) John Hugh Ackland was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1958 representing the seats of Irwin-Moore and Moore.-Biography:...	Country	1947–1950