Division of Kooyong

Kooyong
Australian House of Representatives Division
Map
Created1901
MPMonique Ryan
PartyIndependent
NamesakeKooyong, Victoria
Electors89,626 (2010)
Area49 km2 (18.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan

The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was one of the divisions for the first Federal election in 1901. It includes the suburbs of Kew, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Balwyn, Canterbury, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. It is named after the suburb of Kooyong. Kooyong is an Indigenous Australian word meaning resting place.[1] Because of boundary changes over the years, the suburb of Kooyong is no longer in the Division and is now in the Division of Higgins.

Member Party Term
  William Knox Free Trade, Anti-Socialist 1901–1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1910
  Sir Robert Best Commonwealth Liberal 1910–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1922
  John Latham Liberal Union 1922–1925
  Nationalist 1925–1931
  United Australia 1931–1934
  Sir Robert Menzies United Australia 1934–1944
  Liberal 1944–1966
  Andrew Peacock Liberal 1966–1994
  Petro Georgiou Liberal 1994–2010
  Josh Frydenberg Liberal 2010–present

Kooyong has been held by non-Labor parties since 1901. Famous members include the Opposition Leader and later Chief Justice John Latham, Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies and Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock.

Election results

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2022 Australian federal election: Kooyong[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Josh Frydenberg 43,736 42.66 −6.51
Independent Monique Ryan 41,303 40.29 +40.29
Labor Peter Lynch 7,091 6.92 −10.60
Greens Piers Mitchem 6,461 6.30 −14.78
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Thom 1,080 1.05 +1.05
United Australia Scott Hardiman 1,011 0.99 −0.22
One Nation Josh Coyne 741 0.72 +0.72
Animal Justice Rachael Nehmer 500 0.49 −0.65
Independent Will Anderson 265 0.26 +0.26
Justice Michele Dale 177 0.17 +0.12
Australian Values David Connolly 152 0.15 +0.15
Total formal votes 102,517 97.11 +0.08
Informal votes 3,046 2.89 −0.08
Turnout 105,563 93.44 −2.39
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Josh Frydenberg 55,542 54.18 −2.21
Labor Peter Lynch 46,975 45.82 +2.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Monique Ryan 54,276 52.94 +52.94
Liberal Josh Frydenberg 48,241 47.06 −8.36
Independent gain from Liberal Swing +52.94

References

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  1. "Profile of the electoral division of Kooyong (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. Kooyong, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

Other websites

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Preceded by
Cowper
Division represented by the Prime Minister
1939–1941
Sir Robert Menzies
Succeeded by
Darling Downs
Preceded by
Macquarie
Division represented by the Prime Minister
1949–1966
Sir Robert Menzies
Succeeded by
Higgins

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