Division of Kooyong
| Kooyong Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
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| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Monique Ryan |
| Party | Independent |
| Namesake | Kooyong, Victoria |
| Electors | 89,626 (2010) |
| Area | 49 km2 (18.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner 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.
Members
[change | change source]| 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
[change | change source]| 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
[change | change source]- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Kooyong (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
- ↑ Kooyong, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Division of Kooyong – Australian Electoral Commission
- Josh Frydenberg's website Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
| 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 |