Division of Kooyong

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The Division of Kooyong is a long-established federal electoral division in Melbourne, Australia, historically known as a safe Liberal seat and once represented by former Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

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Division of Kooyong canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal electoral division ⓘ
category Electoral divisions of Australia ⓘ
continent Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
created 1901 ⓘ
currentMemberParty independent ⓘ
electoralSystem Preferential voting ⓘ
electorateType Inner metropolitan ⓘ
elects One member to the Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
federalLevel Commonwealth ⓘ
formerMember Andrew Peacock ⓘ
Josh Frydenberg ⓘ
Petro Georgiou ⓘ
Robert Menzies ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
formerMemberParty Liberal Party of Australia ⓘ
governingAuthority Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction Parliament of Australia ⓘ
historicalClassification Safe Liberal seat ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn House of Representatives electoral system ⓘ
Melbourne ⓘ
State of Victoria ⓘ
namedAfter Indigenous word "Kooyong" meaning camp or resting place ⓘ
Kooyong, Victoria ⓘ
notableFormerMemberRole Andrew Peacock was Leader of the Opposition ⓘ
Robert Menzies was Prime Minister of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Menzies
partOf Commonwealth Electoral Division network ⓘ
state Victoria ⓘ
status Active ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalAlignment Centre-right ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julian Burnside → ranForOffice → Division of Kooyong ⓘ
Petro Georgiou → electoralDistrictRepresented → Division of Kooyong ⓘ
Petro Georgiou → officeContested → Division of Kooyong ⓘ
Josh Frydenberg → officeContested → Division of Kooyong ⓘ