Former Liberal MP for Kooyong, Petro Georgiou, dies at 77

Former Howard government MP Petro Georgiou has died peacefully at the age of 77.

He spent 16 years representing the seat of Kooyong in federal parliament and 35 years in politics.

The long-serving parliamentarian first won the inner-Melbourne seat at a by-election in 1994, and was re-elected five…