Division of Kooyong facts for kids
Quick facts for kids KooyongAustralian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Kooyong (green) in Victoria
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| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Josh Frydenberg |
| Party | Liberal |
| 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. 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
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| 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
| 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 |
Images for kids
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Kooyong Stadium. The division (containing the suburb and stadium of Kooyong) takes its name from an Aboriginal word for camp or resting place.
