Peter Georgiou

Not to be confused with Petro Georgiou.

Peter Georgiou
Senator for Western Australia
In office
27 March 2017 (2017-03-27) – 30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)
Preceded byRod Culleton
Party Whip of Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the Senate
In office
24 May 2018 (2018-05-24) – 30 June 2019 (2019-06-30)
LeaderPauline Hanson
Preceded byBrian Burston
Personal details
Born
Panagiotis Georgiou

(1974-01-13) 13 January 1974 (age 50)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
CitizenshipAustralian
Political partyPauline Hanson's One Nation
RelationsRod Culleton (brother-in-law)
OccupationElectrical construction contracting director
(Self-employed)
ProfessionBusinessman
politician
Websitehttps://www.petergeorgiouwa.com/

Panagiotis "Peter" Georgiou (born 13 January 1974)[1] is a former Australian politician, who served as a Senator for Western Australia between 2017 and 2019. He was the second candidate on the Senate ticket for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in the 2016 Australian federal election. The lead candidate on the ticket was Rod Culleton, Georgiou's brother-in-law. Culleton was declared to have been elected to the Senate when the writs were returned. However, the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, ruled on 3 February 2017 that Culleton had been ineligible to be elected at the time of the election.[2][3] A consequence of that ruling was that a special recount of the votes was undertaken, as if Culleton had not been on the ballot, and Georgiou was elected in his place.[4][5] Georgiou was sworn in as a Senator on 27 March 2017.[6][7]

On 2017 when Cory Bernardi moved a motion to ban abortion on gender grounds, Georgiou was one of the ten who voted 'Yes' to the motion. It was voted down, 10–36.[8][9]

In May 2018, he was promoted to party whip.[10] He was defeated at the 2019 election.[7]

  1. ^ "Georgiou, Senator Peter" (PDF). Citizenship Register – Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ Byrne, Elizabeth; Doran, Matt (3 February 2017). "Rod Culleton's election invalid: High Court orders special recount of WA senate vote". ABC News. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  3. ^ Re Culleton [No 2] [2017] HCA 4 (3 February 2017).
  4. ^ Silva, Kristian; Anderson, Stephanie (10 March 2017). "One Nation: Rod Culleton's brother-in-law Peter Georgiou confirmed as replacement". ABC News. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ Re Culleton [2017] HCATrans 51 (10 March 2017).
  6. ^ "One Nation senator Peter Georgiou sworn in". News.com.au. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Former Senator Peter Georgiou". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Australian Senate vote not passed, 16th Nov 2017, 12:15 PM". They Vote For You.
  9. ^ "From croissants to communism: Bernardi uses Senate motions to make ideological points". www.abc.net.au. 16 November 2017.
  10. ^ Gribbin, Caitlyn (24 May 2018). "Former One Nation whip says he won't 'have a dummy spit' after being demoted by Pauline Hanson". ABC News. Retrieved 25 May 2018.