Nickolas Varvaris (born 25 May 1974) is a former Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for the

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seat of Barton between 2013 and 2016. He recontested his seat at the

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but lost to

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's Linda Burney.

Early years and background

Varvaris was born a twin child in a Greek migrant family of five children, in Sydney, New South Wales.First Speech: Nickolas Varvaris MP
Parliament of Australia, 11 December 2013. A BBus (UTS), CPA graduate, he owned his own local business before entering politics. He was also a councillor of the Kogarah City Council from 1999 and was the mayor from 2008.

Parliament

Varvaris was the Liberal member of the

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, representing the Division of Barton in

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since the 2013 federal election, achieving a

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swing of 7.2 percent in Barton to finish with a two-party vote of just 50.3 percent, which made Barton the government's most marginal seat in the country. A redistribution prior to the 2016 federal election erased Varvaris' knife-edge majority and gave Labor a notional margin of 54.4 percent. It was not until under on-going pressure in May 2016 that Varvaris eventually confirmed his intention to re-contest the seat. Linda Burney contested the seat for Labor, and won it with a swing of over 3 percent.Liberal MP Nick Varvaris can't decide whether to recontest: SMH 29 April 2016
/ref> Varvaris did not live in his electorate at the time of the 2016 election, but in neighbouring Cook.

Family

He is married with two children.

References

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