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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 16 August 2002. The writ for the by-election was issued on 17 September 1994.

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

Kooyong by-election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Petro Georgiou	32,872	56.86
	Greens	Peter Singer	16,202	28.03
	Against Further Immigration	Angela Walker	4,573	7.91
	Independent	Yasmin Cotton	2,004	3.47
	Independent	Gilbert Boffa	955	1.65
	Independent	David L J Greagg	686	1.19
	Independent	Paul Francis Tobias	518	0.90
Total formal votes			57,810	96.39
Informal votes			2,166	3.61
Turnout			59 976	82.79
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Petro Georgiou		64.03
	Greens	Peter Singer		35.97
	Liberal gain from Greens		Swing

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 The '''1994 Kooyong by-election''' was held in the [[Australia]]n electorate of [[Division of Kooyong|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 [[16 August]] [[2002]]. The writ for the by-election was issued on [[17 September]] [[1994]].
-The by-election was won by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Petro Georgiou]]. .<ref>[http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/supplementary_by_elections/kooyong.htm Kooyong (VIC) By-Election (19 November 1994)]</ref>
+The by-election was won by [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] candidate [[Petro Georgiou]].<ref>[http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/supplementary_by_elections/kooyong.htm Kooyong (VIC) By-Election (19 November 1994)]</ref>
 ==Results==