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Federal division, inner-metropolitan

# Kooyong

In Victoria. The advertiser we follow here has spent $800–$3.5K on Facebook and Instagram ads.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monique_Ryan_2023.jpg?width=96)**Monique Ryan** Independent, Kooyong ](https://politics.computer/mp/monique-ryan)

About

## About Kooyong

Kooyong is an inner-metropolitan electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria, covering about 59 square kilometres in the inner east of Melbourne. It is held by Monique Ryan, who sits as an Independent. Ryan's Facebook and Instagram ads focus on health, cost of living, energy, education, economy and tax, and climate.

Area

Approximately 59 square kilometres

Created

Proclaimed in 1900

Named after

The suburb of Kooyong, which it originally included

Previous members

Held by Liberal Party and predecessors for 121 years, apart from 1921 to 1925

Previous holder

Josh Frydenberg, defeated in 2022

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FKooyong), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Kooyong whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

1. [Dr Monique Ryan](https://politics.computer/mp/monique-ryan) MP, Independents  
$800 –$3.5K 27 ads, 27 running

 At least  Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) 

## Their biggest ads

- [![Placement poverty is real and it is hurting our future workforce.  The Albanese government must expand prac payment support to all students](https://politics.computer/media/dc2062f533276a17c8fa695738343a3fcc82c415ce6a1b403778e6cc3fe904f1?w=480) Dr Monique Ryan$400–$598 spent Running since 15 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/dc2062f533276a17c8fa695738343a3fcc82c415ce6a1b403778e6cc3fe904f1)
- [![Last week, I called on the government to provide greater transparency around the rollout of the Thriving Kids program.  It’s been handed to](https://politics.computer/media/1dfa595709d729c253f2f5fa7ba1c0213ecb2647d5ff6d9fe2b4f0c2c28e45d6?w=480) Dr Monique Ryan$200–$599 spent Running since 4 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/1dfa595709d729c253f2f5fa7ba1c0213ecb2647d5ff6d9fe2b4f0c2c28e45d6)
- [![The LNP has no plan on climate change. Just a chainsaw. No plan.](https://politics.computer/media/115fe61e6627c290793479398c6b4bce53672cceed562b98b9bc2fa3277c34b8?w=480) Dr Monique Ryan$100–$499 spent Running since 4 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/115fe61e6627c290793479398c6b4bce53672cceed562b98b9bc2fa3277c34b8)
- [![Another big community win! 🎉 Today the government moved to allow human oversight of some aged care assessment decisions made using the Int](https://politics.computer/media/07fd32c90527125a7b4ee8e1c37cef6e110f8bcd9c97b19904f451178d612aeb?w=480) Dr Monique Ryan$100–$299 spent Running since 27 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/07fd32c90527125a7b4ee8e1c37cef6e110f8bcd9c97b19904f451178d612aeb)
- [![A win for older Australians! 🎉](https://politics.computer/media/3a4576e480b0ed28577186082a32afc6acbf1eb7ef98979635a162a5aec35df4?w=480) Dr Monique RyanUnder $400 spent Running since 29 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/3a4576e480b0ed28577186082a32afc6acbf1eb7ef98979635a162a5aec35df4)
- [![That feeling when you knock off the government’s pensioner cash grab 🥳 Today in Canberra, a Senate motion introduced by Jacqui Lambie and ](https://politics.computer/media/5b2cb93781287350ff42c5256c9019c1441c07e2e2197fa315569772e9f350b7?w=480) Dr Monique RyanUnder $400 spent Running since 29 Oct](https://politics.computer/ad/5b2cb93781287350ff42c5256c9019c1441c07e2e2197fa315569772e9f350b7)
- [![I commissioned analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office which found that half of the $3 billion dollars the Albanese government expects t](https://politics.computer/media/4f50d915abf3ca5817e0eb896b4ccd4ed188674637eede86c5cee31f8a3f037c?w=480) Dr Monique RyanUnder $200 spent Running since 27 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/4f50d915abf3ca5817e0eb896b4ccd4ed188674637eede86c5cee31f8a3f037c)
- [![Another big community win! 🎉 Today the government moved to allow human oversight of some aged care assessment decisions made using the Int](https://politics.computer/media/6ff7f2b0152cc447eff2b87694dddd800700ecaac74ab55f4e956a24bb5fdf55?w=480) Dr Monique RyanUnder $200 spent Running since 27 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/6ff7f2b0152cc447eff2b87694dddd800700ecaac74ab55f4e956a24bb5fdf55)
- [![I commissioned analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office which found that half of the $3 billion dollars the Albanese government expects t](https://politics.computer/media/c7ad0b00e98b7eddb3b3711277c02cfc750a596343d11bc72f896d4f827acf53?w=480) Dr Monique RyanUnder $100 spent Running since 27 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/c7ad0b00e98b7eddb3b3711277c02cfc750a596343d11bc72f896d4f827acf53)
- [![My Clean Up Politics Act would require ministerial diaries to be published so the public knows who our Prime Minister and Ministers are meet](https://politics.computer/media/412ac38ce494009d8ea6e17a27f0dda2185049229d844a9966bd55f66ea5a649?w=480) Dr Monique RyanUnder $100 spent Running since 15 Sept](https://politics.computer/ad/412ac38ce494009d8ea6e17a27f0dda2185049229d844a9966bd55f66ea5a649)

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