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James Moore was born in New Westminster,
raised in Coquitlam and resides in Port Moody. After graduating from
Centennial Sr. Secondary, he continued his
studies in economics and business administration
at Douglas College.
1996 marked James’ first year in broadcasting,
working at CKST AM1040 in Vancouver. In 1997,
he moved to Ottawa to work as the Communications
Advisor for the Official Opposition and
specialized in fiscal and economic policy. He
worked to develop and implement a post-balanced
budget communications strategy for the Official
Opposition led by Preston Manning.
In 1998, James briefly returned to broadcasting
in Vancouver before moving to Prince George to
earn a degree in political science at the
University of Northern BC. While in Prince
George he continued in broadcasting by guest
hosting at 550 CKPG and launching his own talk
show entitled “’Behind the Headlines’ with
James
 Moore.”
On November 27th/2000, James was elected to
represent the constituency Port Moody-Coquitlam-Port
Coquitlam as its representative in the
Parliament of Canada. Elected at the age of 24,
James is the youngest elected Member of
Parliament in British Columbia's history.
In the 37th Parliament James served as Deputy
 Foreign Affairs Critic and Deputy National
Revenue Critic. He was later promoted to serve
as the Senior Transport Critic for Canada's
Official Opposition and Vice-Chair of the
Commons Transport Committee, the youngest
Vice-Chair of a Parliamentary Committee in
Canadian history.
In his first term in office, through Private
Members' bills, James proposed legislation that
 would offer tax relief to victims of the leaky
condo tragedy, toughen laws against date-rape
drugs, force the Prime Minister to appoint elected Senators, impose consecutive rather
than
concurrent sentencing for violent criminals, ban
gun ownership for violent criminals, toughen
penalties for the illegal trafficking of
prohibited weapons and ammunition, and toughen
penalties for the trafficking of child
pornography online. James also proposed and
successfully passed through the House of Commons
a motion calling for the investment of gas taxes
into roads.
Also, James was very active in Question Period.
In fact, in his first term he asked more
questions
 in Question Period than any other MP
who was not a current or former party leader at
the time.
Also in his first term in office James was named
"the best up-and-coming MP" four years in a row
by fellow Members of Parliament and Parliament
Hill staffers.
James was re-elected in the 2004 general
election for the electoral district of Port
Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam. In Stephen
Harper's
 Shadow Cabinet James served as the
Official Opposition Transportation Critic, as
well as Amateur Sport Critic.
On January 23rd, 2006, James was re-elected to
his third term in Parliament as the Member of
Parliament for Port Moody-Westwood-Port
Coquitlam. Shortly after the election, Prime
Minister Stephen Harper appointed Moore to the
post of Parliamentary Secretary for two
different
 Cabinet Ministers: Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Public Works and Government Services, and also
the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for
the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler
Olympics.
On June 25th, 2008, James was appointed
Secretary of State for the 2010 Olympics, the
Asia Pacific Gateway and Official Languages.
At the age of 32, James is the 4th youngest
Minister in Canadian history.
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