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Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria)

Coordinates: 37°48′45″S 144°59′40″E / 37.81250°S 144.99444°E / -37.81250; 144.99444
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This article is about the Victorian state electorate. For the former New South Wales electoral district, see Electoral district of Richmond (New South Wales). For the federal electoral division, see Division of Richmond.
Richmond
Victoria—Legislative Assembly
Location of Richmond (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1856
MPGabrielle de Vietri
PartyGreens
NamesakeSuburb of Richmond
Electors48,305 (2022)
Area13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

Richmond is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is currently a 13 km2 electorate in the inner east of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Richmond, Cremorne, Burnley, Abbotsford, Collingwood, Clifton Hill, North Fitzroy and Fitzroy. Historically a very safe seat for the Labor Party, Richmond has in recent elections become increasingly marginal against the Greens, who eventually won the seat at the 2022 Victorian state election.

History

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Richmond is one of only three electorates (along with Brighton and Williamstown) to have been contested at every election since 1856.[1] It was initially a two-member electorate, but was changed to return only a single member in the redistribution of 1904 when several new districts were created including Abbotsford.[1] It covers a series of traditionally working-class, industrial suburbs, and has been continuously held by the Labor Party with the exception of only one term since 1904. The brief exception occurred amidst the famous 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 Greens in the area. This first occurred at the 2002 state election, when union organiser Gemma Pinnell nearly won the seat on 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

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

Members for Richmond

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Two-member electorate (1856–1904)

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Image Member Party Term Notes Image Member Party Term Notes
  George Evans
(1802–1868) 		Unaligned 1 November 1856 –
1 August 1859 		  Daniel Campbell
(1812–1875) 		Unaligned 1 November 1856 –
1 August 1859
  James Francis
(1819–1884) 		Unaligned 1 October 1859 –
1 November 1874 		Premier of Victoria from 1872 until 1874. Resigned   Alfred Woolley
(1818–1890) 		Unaligned 1 October 1859 –
1 July 1861
  Thomas Lambert
(1829–1877) 		Unaligned 1 August 1861 –
1 July 1864
  Archibald Wardrop
(1828–1887) 		Unaligned 1 November 1864 –
1 July 1866 		Resigned
  Ambrose Kyte
(1822–1868) 		Unaligned 1 January 1867 –
1 December 1867 		Former member for East Melbourne. Won by-election[3][4]
  James Harcourt
(1813–1893) 		Unaligned 1 June 1868 –
1 June 1871
  Louis Smith
(1830–1910) 		Unaligned 1 April 1871 –
1 March 1874
  Robert Inglis
(1833–1915) 		Unaligned 1 May 1874 –
1 April 1877
  Joseph Bosisto
(1827–1898) 		Unaligned 1 December 1874 –
1 March 1889
  Louis Smith
(1830–1910) 		Unaligned 1 May 1877 –
1 February 1880
 
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 William Froggatt Walker
(1840–1890) 		Unaligned 1 May 1880 –
1 June 1880
  Louis Smith
(1830–1910) 		Unaligned 1 July 1880 –
1 February 1883
 
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 Charles Smith
(1833–1903) 		Unaligned 1 February 1883 –
1 March 1889
 
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 George Henry Bennett
(1850–1908) 		Unaligned 1 April 1889 –
1 June 1904 		Re-elected when Richmond became single-member seat in 1904
  William Trenwith
(1846–1925) 		Labor 1 April 1889 –
18 November 1903 		1st leader of the Victorian Labor Party. Resigned to successfully contest 1903 federal election and served as senator for Victoria from 1904 until 1910
  George Roberts
(1868–1925) 		Labor 21 December 1903 –
1 June 1904 		Lost seat when Richmond became single-member seat in 1904

Single-member electorate (1904–present)

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Image Member Party Term Notes
 
George Henry Bennett.png
 George Henry Bennett
(1850–1908) 		Liberal Oppositionist 1 June 1904 –
14 February 1907 		Died in office[5]
  United Liberal 14 February 1907 –
8 September 1908
  Ted Cotter
(1866–1947) 		Labor 2 October 1908 –
10 November 1945 		Won by-election. Retired after losing Labor preselection[6]
  Stan Keon
(1915–1987) 		Labor 10 November 1945 –
22 October 1949 		Resigned to successfully contest Yarra at the 1949 federal election[7][8]
  Frank Scully
(1920–2015) 		Labor 17 December 1949 –
30 March 1955 		Won by-election. Joined Labor (Anti-Communist) after being suspended from Labor. Lost seat[9][10][11]
  Labor (Anti-Communist) 30 March 1955 –
18 August 1957
  Democratic Labor 18 August 1957 –
31 May 1958
  Bill Towers
(1892–1962) 		Labor 31 May 1958 –
18 March 1962 		Died in office
  Clyde Holding
(1931–2011) 		Labor 12 May 1962 –
3 November 1977 		Won by-election. Leader of the Opposition from 1967 until 1977. Resigned to successfully contest Melbourne Ports at the 1977 federal election
  Theo Sidiropoulos
(1924–1998) 		Labor 17 December 1977 –
1 October 1988 		Won by-election. Retired
 
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 Demetri Dollis
(1956–) 		Labor 1 October 1988 –
18 September 1999 		Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1994 until 1996.[12] Disendorsed for extended absence overseas.[13] Later served as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece[14][15]
 
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 Richard Wynne
(1955–) 		Labor 18 September 1999 –
26 November 2022 		Retired[16][17]
  Gabrielle de Vietri
(1983–) 		Greens 26 November 2022 –
present 		Incumbent

Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Richmond (Victoria)
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Richmond.[edit]
2022 Victorian state election: Richmond[18][19][20]
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

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  3. ^ "RICHMOND ELECTION". The Age. 18 September 1866. p. 6. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  4. ^ "THE RICHMOND ELECTION". The Age. 26 September 1866. p. 5. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  5. ^ "POPULAR MEMBER PASSES". The Herald. 8 September 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  6. ^ "TWO SURPRISES IN PRE-SELECTIONS". Weekly Times. 10 October 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Off Together To Resign". The Herald. 29 October 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Retiring MLA's resign tonight". The Argus. 29 October 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  9. ^ "LABOR EXPELS MULLENS: SUSPENDS 24 MP'S". The Argus. 30 March 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  10. ^ "BARRY, COLEMAN TO LEAD REBELS: CAIN WILL FIGHT ON". The Argus. 31 March 1955. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  11. ^ "A.L.P. Expulsions In Victoria". The Central Queensland Herald. 14 April 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  12. ^ Raue, Ben. "Richmond – Victoria 2022". The Tally Room. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Steve Bracks disendorses two MPs". ABC PM. 31 August 1999. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  14. ^ Wilson, Peter (18 June 2012). "Greek minister Demetrios Dollis draws on Aussie career". The Australian. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  15. ^ Kapetopoulos, Fotis (17 November 2022). "Dollis the former Greek Aussie politician negotiates the release of two Greek tankers seized by Iran". Neos Kosmos. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  16. ^ Andrews, Daniel (25 November 2021). "Statement From The Premier". Premier of Victoria. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Senior Victorian Labor MP Richard Wynne won't recontest seat at next year's state election". ABC News. 25 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  18. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  19. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  20. ^ Richmond District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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