Matthew Moss

The Honourable Matthew Moss KC
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 22 May 1895 – 4 May 1897
Preceded by	William Pearse
Succeeded by	Denis Doherty
Constituency	North Fremantle
Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia
In office 22 May 1900 – 6 December 1901 Serving with Henry Briggs and Alfred Kidson
Preceded by	Daniel Keen Congdon
Succeeded by	Robert Laurie
Constituency	West Province
In office 22 May 1902 – 21 May 1914 Serving with Henry Briggs (1902–1914) Robert Laurie (1902–1912) Robert Lynn (1912–1914)
Preceded by	Alfred Kidson
Succeeded by	Joseph Allen
Constituency	West Province
Personal details
Born	Matthew Lewis Moss (1863-12-01)1 December 1863 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	February 28, 1946(1946-02-28) (aged 82) London, England
Political party	Liberal (from 1911)

Matthew Lewis Moss KC (1 December 1863 – 28 February 1946) was a lawyer and politician who served in the Parliament of Western Australia on three separate occasions – in the Legislative Assembly from 1895 to 1897, and in the Legislative Council from 1900 to 1901 and again from 1902 to 1914. He was a minister in the governments of Alf Morgans (1901), Walter James (1902–1904), and Hector Rason (1905–1906). Moss was born in New Zealand and arrived in Western Australia in 1891. He left for England in 1914 and spent the rest of his life there, although he maintained connections with Australia, on two occasions acting as Agent-General for Western Australia.