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Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Kooyong, Victoria

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The Division of Kooyong was created in 1901. It is named for the Melbourne suburb of Kooyong (Indigenous word meaning "resting place"), which is once again in this Division.

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Auburn, Kew, Malvern, Toorak
1906: Auburn, Glenferrie, Kew, Malvern
1913: Auburn, Camberwell, Glenferrie, Kew
1922: Auburn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Kew
1937: Camberwell, Deepdene, Glen Iris, Kew
1949: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew
1955: Balwyn, Canterbury, Deepdene, Kew
1969: Balwyn, Deepdene, Glenferrie, Kew
1977: Balwyn, Greythorn, Hawthorn, Kew
1984: Balwyn, Camberwell, Hawthorn, Kew
1990: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew
1996: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew
2004: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew
2013: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew
2018: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew
2021: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew
2025: Balwyn, Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern, Toorak

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1901: Free Trade 12.0 *1
1903: Free Trade 02.8 *1
1906: Anti-Socialist 12.0 *
1910: Liberal 06.3 *2
1910b: Liberal 08.7 *2
1913: Liberal 11.9 *2
1914: Liberal 13.3 *2
1917: Nationalist unopposed
1919: Nationalist 14.3 *2
1922: Liberal 00.6 *3
1925: Nationalist 17.7
1928: Nationalist 16.5
1929: Nationalist 05.2
1931: United Australia 26.5
1934: United Australia 20.8
1937: United Australia 07.3
1940: United Australia 20.1

1943: United Australia 12.5
1946: Liberal 13.3
1949: Liberal 17.1
1951: Liberal 18.8
1954: Liberal 19.5
1955: Liberal 24.9
1958: Liberal 24.7
1961: Liberal 20.4
1963: Liberal 24.1
1966b: Liberal 19.4
1966: Liberal 22.5
1969: Liberal 14.9
1972: Liberal 09.0
1974: Liberal 12.8
1975: Liberal 17.9
1977: Liberal 17.7
1980: Liberal 11.1

1983: Liberal 09.1
1984: Liberal 13.0
1987: Liberal 14.0
1990: Liberal 14.8
1993: Liberal 14.1
1994b: Liberal 14.1 *4
1996: Liberal 13.8
1998: Liberal 11.4
2001: Liberal 10.9
2004: Liberal 09.8
2007: Liberal 09.5
2010: Liberal 07.6
2013: Liberal 11.1
2016: Liberal 13.3
2019: Liberal 05.7 *4
2022: Independent 02.9 *5
2025: Independent 00.7 *5

*1 Majority over Protectionist
*2 Majority over independent
*3 Majority over Nationalist
*4 Majority over Greens
*5 Majority over Liberal

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Kooyong at every election since 1901.

MEMBERS FOR KOOYONG

William Knox (FT, AS, Lib) 1901-10
Hon Sir Robert Best (Lib, Nat) 1910-22
Rt Hon John Latham (Nat, UAP) 1922-34
Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies (UAP, Lib)
1934-66

Hon Andrew Peacock (Lib) 1966b-95
Petro Giorgiou (Lib) 1995b-2010
Hon Josh Frydenberg (Lib) 2010-22
Dr Monique Ryan (Ind) 2022-


William Knox (FT, AS, Lib) 1901-10 Hon Sir Robert Best (Lib, Nat) 1910-22 Rt Hon John Latham (Nat, UAP) 1922-34


Rt Hon Sir Robert Menzies (UAP, Lib)
1934-66
Hon Andrew Peacock (Lib) 1966-95 Petro Giorgiou (Lib) 1995-2010


Hon Josh Frydenberg (Lib) 2010-22 Dr Monique Ryan (Ind) 2022-


CURRENT BOUNDARIES



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