1994 Kooyong by-election

1994 Kooyong by-election

19 November 1994

First party Second party   Candidate Petro Georgiou Peter Singer Party Liberal Greens Popular vote 32,872 16,202 Percentage 56.86% 28.03% Swing 7.27 28.03 TPP 64.03% 35.97% TPP swing 0.03 35.97

MP before election Andrew Peacock Liberal Elected MP Petro Georgiou Liberal

The 1994 Kooyong by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Kooyong in Victoria on 19 November 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Andrew Peacock on 17 September 1994. The writ for the by-election was issued on 14 October 1994.

The by-election was won by Liberal Party candidate Petro Georgiou. ^[1]

Results

Kooyong by-election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Petro Georgiou	32,872	56.86	−7.27
	Greens	Peter Singer	16,202	28.03	+28.03
	Against Further Immigration	Angela Walker	4,573	7.91	+7.91
	Independent	Yasmin Cotton	2,004	3.47	+3.47
	Independent	Gilbert Boffa	955	1.65	+1.65
	Imperial British	David L J Greagg	686	1.19	+1.19
	Independent	Paul Francis Tobias	518	0.90	+0.90
Total formal votes			57,810	96.39	−1.08
Informal votes			2,166	3.61	+1.08
Turnout			59 976	82.79	−13.00
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Petro Georgiou	36,964	64.03	−0.03
	Greens	Peter Singer	20,766	35.97	+35.97
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections

References

1. Kooyong 1994 by-election