Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria)

Richmond
Greens
Richmond; Greens
Namesake	Suburb of Richmond
Electors	48,305 (2022)
Area	13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan

Richmond is an

Greens, who eventually won the seat at the 2022 Victorian state election

.

History

Richmond is one of only three electorates (along with

Labor split of 1955, when the incumbent Labor member, Frank Scully, joined six other Catholic MPs in breaking away to found the Democratic Labor Party. Scully, as the party's leader, was the only MP to hold his seat at the next election, but was defeated in 1958 by Bill Towers, previously the member for the abolished seat of Collingwood

.

Though a traditionally safe Labor seat, it has become progressively marginal in recent years due to increasing support for the

Liberal preferences, taking 47 per cent of the two-party preferred vote. The Green surge was seen as a reaction to the conservative policies of the then federal Labor leader, Kim Beazley, by the generally progressive inner city constituency. Labor polled slightly better in the 2006 state election, taking 54% of the two-party preferred against Greens candidate and local councillor Gurm Sekhon. It remains a marginal seat, however, and was strongly contested by Greens candidate, Kathleen Maltzahn

, at the state elections in 2010 and 2014.

Former member Richard Wynne, a Labor Party member, served as the state Minister for Housing and Minister for Local Government in the Bracks and Brumby governments from 2006 to 2010, and was the Minister for Planning in the second Andrews government. Wynne gained the seat in 1999 after the former Labor member, Demetri Dollis, was disendorsed for extended absence overseas.

The current member is Gabrielle de Vietri.

Historical maps

Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
Map of Richmond district (etc.), 1856^[2]

Members for Richmond

1856–1904, 2 members
Member 1	Party		Term	Member 2		Party	Term
George Evans		Unaligned	1856–1859		Daniel Campbell	Unaligned	1856–1859
James Francis		Unaligned	1859–1874		Alfred Woolley	Unaligned	1859–1861
					Thomas Lambert	Unaligned	1861–1864
					Archibald Wardrop	Unaligned	1864–1866
					Ambrose Kyte	Unaligned	1867^[b]–1867
					James Harcourt	Unaligned	1868–1871
					Louis Smith	Unaligned	1871–1874
Joseph Bosisto		Unaligned	1874^[b]–1889		Robert Inglis	Unaligned	1874–1877
					Louis Smith	Unaligned	1877–1880
					William Walker	Unaligned	1880
					Louis Smith	Unaligned	1880–1883
					Charles Smith	Unaligned	1883–1889
George Bennett		Unaligned	1889–1908
					William Trenwith	Labor	1889–1903
					George Roberts	Labor	1903^[b]–1904
1904–present, 1 member
Member	Party		Start		End		Notes
Ted Cotter		Labor	1908^[b]		1945
Stan Keon		Labor	1945		1949
Frank Scully		Labor	1949^[b]		1955
Frank Scully		Democratic Labor	1955		1958
Bill Towers		Labor	1958		1962
Clyde Holding		Labor	1962^[b]		1977
Theo Sidiropoulos		Labor	1977^[b]		1988
Demetri Dollis		Labor	1988		1999
Richard Wynne		Labor	1999		2022
Gabrielle de Vietri		Greens	2022		Incumbent

^b = by-election

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Richmond^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Gabrielle de Vietri	13,771	34.7	+1.2
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	13,037	32.8	−11.6
	Liberal	Lucas Moon	7,456	18.8	+18.8
	Reason	Jeremy Cowen	1,830	4.6	−2.0
	Victorian Socialists	Roz Ward	1,828	4.6	+4.6
	Animal Justice	Lis Viggers	934	2.3	−0.5
	Family First	Markus Freiverts	458	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Meca Ho	417	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			39,731	96.6	+2.5
Informal votes			1,381	3.4	−2.5
Turnout			41,112	85.1	−0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	29,451	74.1	−7.1
	Liberal	Lucas Moon	10,280	25.9	+7.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Gabrielle de Vietri	22,771	57.2	+14.1
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	17,012	42.8	−14.1
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+14.1

References

^ ^a ^b "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
^ "Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown" (map). State Library of Victoria. 27 November 1855. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ Richmond District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

External links

Richmond District - Victorian Electoral Commission

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[parl-1] "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

[2] "Central Province and Electoral Districts of Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood, South Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown" (map). State Library of Victoria. 27 November 1855. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[Results_of_the_2022_Victorian_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_2021_2PP_swings-3] Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[Results_of_the_2022_Victorian_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_2021_Redistribution-4] VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[5] Richmond District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.

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