The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and encompasses the suburbs of Kew, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Balwyn, Canterbury, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The Division was named after an Indigenous Australian word meaning "camp...
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The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne, and encompasses the suburbs of Kew, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Balwyn, Canterbury, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The Division was named after an Indigenous Australian word meaning "camp" or "resting place", and shares its name with the suburb of Kooyong, Victoria.
Kooyong is currently a safe Liberal or non-Labor seat. The seat is considered to be the cradle of conservative leadership, with Kooyong hosting various figures of notable political stature, including former Prime Minister Robert Menzies and former Leaders of the Opposition Andrew Peacock and John Latham. The high-profile Liberal backbencher Petro Georgiou now comfortably holds the seat. He successfully saw off a challenge from Joshua Frydenberg for Liberal Party...
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