Division of Kooyong

Kooyong Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created	1901
MP	Monique Ryan
Party	Independent
Namesake	Kooyong, Victoria
Electors	89,626 (2010)
Area	49 km2 (18.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Kooyong is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It was one of the divisions for the first Federal election in 1901. It includes the suburbs of Kew, Hawthorn, Hawthorn East, Balwyn, Canterbury, Camberwell and Surrey Hills. It is named after the suburb of Kooyong. Kooyong is an Indigenous Australian word meaning resting place.^[1] Because of boundary changes over the years, the suburb of Kooyong is no longer in the Division and is now in the Division of Higgins.

1. ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Kooyong (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.