Politics
Moores was first elected in 1968 to the House of Commons as a Progressive Conservative. In 1970, he became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland, and was asked to form a government in January 1972, several months following the October 1971 election that resulted in a near tie between Joey Smallwood's Liberals and the Tories.
As Premier, Moores advocated rural development and provincial control of natural resources as well as economic development.
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