COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== KOOYONG, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Balwyn, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 November 1994, following the resignation of Hon Andrew Peacock -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,441 -02.4 Votes cast: 59,976 82.8 -13.0 Informal votes: 2,166 03.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 57,810 96.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yasmin Cotton 2,004 03.5 Paul Tobias 518 00.9 Gilbert Boffa 955 01.7 David Greagg 686 01.2 Petro GEORGIOU + Lib 32,872 56.9 -04.2 Angela Walker 4,573 07.9 Dr Peter Singer Grn 16,202 28.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tobias's 518 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton 113 21.9 2,117 03.7 Boffa 197 38.1 1,152 02.0 Greagg 26 05.0 712 01.2 GEORGIOU + 69 13.3 32,941 57.0 Walker 24 04.6 4,597 08.0 Singer 88 17.0 16,290 28.2 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 518 57,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Greagg's 1,152 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton 175 24.8 2,292 04.0 Boffa 129 18.3 1,281 02.2 GEORGIOU + 157 22.2 33,098 57.3 Walker 55 07.8 4,652 08.0 Singer 190 26.9 16,480 28.5 (exhausted 6 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,152 57,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Boffa's 1,281 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cotton 561 44.0 2,853 04.9 GEORGIOU + 321 25.2 33,419 57.8 Walker 116 09.1 4,768 08.2 Singer 276 21.7 16,756 29.0 (exhausted 7 14 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,281 57,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Cotton's 2,853 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGIOU + 1,273 45.1 34,692 60.1 Walker 524 18.6 5,292 09.2 Singer 1,026 36.3 17,782 30.8 (exhausted 30 44 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,853 57,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Walker's 5,292 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GEORGIOU + 2,272 43.2 36,964 64.0 Singer 2,984 56.8 20,766 36.0 (exhausted 36 80 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,292 57,810 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Petro Georgiou (born 1947): Elected 1994 by Born: 30 November 1947, Kerkyra, Greece Career: Educated Melbourne University. Senior Tutor in Politics, La Trobe University. Senior Adviser to Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser MP 1975- 79. Secretary, Ethnic Television Review Panel 1979-80. Director, Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs 1980-85. Senior Advisor to Hon Andrew Peacock MP 1985. Director, Victorian Liberal Party 1989-94. --------------------------------------------------------------------