Alwyn Bramley Moore

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Alywn Bramley Moore (born: 1878 – died: April 4, 1916) was a politician and solider 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 of 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".

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by
New District		 MLA Alexandria
1909-1913		 Succeeded by
James R. Lowery