Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives

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Mr Petro Georgiou MP, Member for Kooyong (Vic)

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Kooyong, Victoria, at by-election on 19.11.1994, vice the Hon. AS Peacock (resigned). Re-elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007.

Committee Service

House of Representatives Standing:
Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 11.3.08;
Library from 20.3.02 to 7.12.05;
Science and Innovation from 1.12.04 (Chair from 6.12.04) to 17.10.07.

Joint Statutory:
Public Accounts from 29.5.96 to 1.1.98;
Public Accounts and Audit from 1.1.98 to 31.8.04 and from 11.3.08.

Joint Standing:
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 18.6.96 to 31.8.98;
Migration from 29.3.01 to 11.2.02 and from 11.3.08;
Electoral Matters from 20.3.02 (Chair from 27.3.02) to 31.8.04;
Parliamentary Library from 28.2.06 to 15.10.07.

Party Positions

Director, Liberal Policy Unit 1985-89.
State Director, Liberal Party (Vic) 1989-94.

Personal

Born 30.11.1947, Corfu, Greece.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament

BA(Hons)(Melb).

Senior tutor in Politics, La Trobe University 1970-73.
Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon. JM Fraser, CH 1975-79.
Secretary, Ethnic Television Review Panel 1979-80.
Director, Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs 1980-85.
Senior Adviser to the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. AS Peacock 1985.
Party official 1985-94 (see Party Positions above).

Electorate

For more information about this electorate, visit the Australian Electoral Commission website link on the previous page