Electoral results for the district of Richmond (Victoria)
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Richmond in Victorian state elections.
Members for Richmond[]
1856–1904, 2 members | |||||||
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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 | ||
Unaligned | 1861 – 1864 | ||||||
Unaligned | 1864 – 1866 | ||||||
Ambrose Kyte | Unaligned | 1867[b] – 1867 | |||||
Unaligned | 1868 – 1871 | ||||||
Louis Smith | Unaligned | 1871 – 1874 | |||||
Joseph Bosisto | Unaligned | 1874[b] – 1889 | Unaligned | 1874 – 1877 | |||
Louis Smith | Unaligned | 1877 – 1880 | |||||
William Walker | Unaligned | 1880 | |||||
Louis Smith | Unaligned | 1880 – 1883 | |||||
Charles Smith | Unaligned | 1883 – 1889 | |||||
Unaligned | 1889 – 1908 | ||||||
William Trenwith | Labor | 1889 – 1903 | |||||
George Roberts | Labor | 1903[b] – 1904 | |||||
1904–present, 1 member | |||||||
Ted Cotter | Labor | 1908[b] – 1945 | |||||
Stan Keon | Labor | 1945 – 1949 | |||||
Frank Scully | Labor | 1949[b] – 1955 | |||||
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 – present |
b = by-election
Election results[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Wynne | 19,705 | 44.39 | +11.10 | |
Greens | Kathleen Maltzahn | 15,197 | 34.23 | +2.77 | |
Reason | Judy Ryan | 2,916 | 6.57 | +3.24 | |
Independent | Kevin Quoc Tran | 2,698 | 6.08 | +6.08 | |
Independent | Herschel Landes | 1,340 | 3.02 | +3.02 | |
Animal Justice | Craig Kealy | 1,268 | 2.86 | +1.41 | |
Independent | Emma Manning | 811 | 1.83 | +1.83 | |
Independent | Adrian Whitehead | 459 | 1.03 | +1.03 | |
Total formal votes | 44,394 | 94.10 | −2.18 | ||
Informal votes | 2,783 | 5.90 | +2.18 | ||
Turnout | 47,177 | 86.28 | −2.93 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 24,620 | 55.46 | +3.60 | |
Greens | Kathleen Maltzahn | 19,774 | 44.54 | −3.60 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.60 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Wynne | 13,349 | 33.3 | −3.9 | |
Greens | Kathleen Maltzahn | 12,615 | 31.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Weiran Lu | 8,308 | 20.7 | −2.0 | |
Independent | Stephen Jolly | 3,407 | 8.5 | -0.2 | |
Sex Party | Nevena Spirovska | 1,336 | 3.3 | +0.5 | |
Animal Justice | Miranda Smith | 578 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Family First | Sarah Knight | 317 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Tom Keel | 192 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 40,102 | 96.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,550 | 3.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,652 | 89.2 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 29,303 | 73.1 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Weiran Lu | 10,799 | 26.9 | −2.7 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 20,798 | 51.9 | −4.5 | |
Greens | Kathleen Maltzahn | 19,304 | 48.1 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Wynne | 13,328 | 37.26 | -9.15 | |
Greens | Kathleen Maltzahn | 10,174 | 28.44 | +3.76 | |
Liberal | Tom McFeely | 8,154 | 22.79 | +2.91 | |
Independent | Stephen Jolly | 3,097 | 8.66 | +3.02 | |
Sex Party | Angela White | 1,020 | 2.85 | +2.85 | |
Total formal votes | 35,773 | 96.37 | +0.80 | ||
Informal votes | 1,348 | 3.63 | -0.80 | ||
Turnout | 37,121 | 88.33 | +2.01 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 25,130 | 70.25 | -4.92 | |
Liberal | Tom McFeely | 10,643 | 29.75 | +4.92 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 20,212 | 56.46 | +1.58 | |
Greens | Kathleen Maltzahn | 15,589 | 43.54 | -1.58 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.58 |
Elections in the 2000s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Wynne | 14,855 | 46.4 | -1.1 | |
Greens | Gurm Sekhon | 7,900 | 24.7 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | Maina Walkley | 6,365 | 19.9 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Stephen Jolly | 1,805 | 5.6 | +3.6 | |
People Power | Richard Grummet | 497 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Family First | Ann Bown Seeley | 443 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Luke Watts | 146 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 32,011 | 95.6 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,485 | 4.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,496 | 86.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 24,060 | 75.2 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | Maina Walkley | 7,948 | 24.8 | +0.4 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 17,170 | 53.6 | +0.5 | |
Greens | Gurm Sekhon | 14,841 | 46.4 | -0.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Wynne | 15,016 | 47.5 | -9.5 | |
Greens | Gemma Pinnell | 9,055 | 28.6 | +28.6 | |
Liberal | Paul Teiwes | 6,251 | 19.8 | -11.4 | |
Independent | Paul Mees | 668 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Stephen Jolly | 629 | 2.0 | -9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 31,619 | 96.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,063 | 3.3 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,682 | 88.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 23,933 | 75.5 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Paul Teiwes | 7,747 | 24.5 | −9.8 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 16,787 | 53.1 | -12.6 | |
Greens | Gemma Pinnell | 14,832 | 46.9 | +46.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.6 |
Elections in the 1990s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Richard Wynne | 20,121 | 57.4 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | Duc Dung Tran | 10,716 | 30.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Stephen Jolly | 4,213 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,050 | 96.3 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,348 | 3.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 36,398 | 87.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Richard Wynne | 23,204 | 66.2 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Duc Dung Tran | 11,837 | 33.8 | +1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Demetri Dollis | 21,216 | 62.2 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Sunny Duong | 10,215 | 29.9 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Dave Mizon | 1,604 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Natural Law | Larry Clarke | 1,095 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 34,130 | 97.2 | +4.1 | ||
Informal votes | 991 | 2.8 | -4.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,121 | 89.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Demetri Dollis | 22,902 | 67.3 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Sunny Duong | 11,103 | 32.7 | -4.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Demetri Dollis | 15,945 | 53.3 | -7.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Graham | 8,554 | 28.6 | +5.5 | |
Independent | Geoff Millman | 1,322 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Democrats | Gordon McQuilten | 1,193 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Independent | Sunny Seau | 691 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Natural Law | Larry Clarke | 464 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Barry Gration | 452 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Jason Maher | 409 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Bill Hampson | 396 | 1.3 | -3.7 | |
Independent | Steve Florin | 373 | 1.2 | -2.8 | |
Independent | Ray Fulcher | 127 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 29,926 | 93.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 2,224 | 6.9 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,150 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Demetri Dollis | 18,858 | 63.3 | -4.1 | |
Liberal | Peter Graham | 10,939 | 36.7 | +4.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Elections in the 1980s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Demetri Dollis | 14,630 | 60.42 | -10.99 | |
Liberal | David Monk | 5,452 | 22.51 | -6.08 | |
Democratic Labor | John Mulholland | 1,626 | 6.71 | +6.71 | |
Independent | Bill Hampson | 1,395 | 5.76 | +5.76 | |
Independent | Steve Florin | 1,112 | 4.59 | +4.59 | |
Total formal votes | 24,215 | 92.43 | -2.80 | ||
Informal votes | 1,984 | 7.57 | +2.80 | ||
Turnout | 26,199 | 86.11 | -0.96 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Demetri Dollis | 16,273 | 67.28 | -4.13 | |
Liberal | David Monk | 7,915 | 32.72 | +4.13 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.13 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | 18,396 | 71.4 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | John Sevior | 7,366 | 28.6 | +10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 25,762 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,290 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 27,052 | 87.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | 16,680 | 69.3 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Jordan Topalides | 4,473 | 18.6 | -2.3 | |
Democrats | Bruce Errol | 2,915 | 12.1 | -0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 24,068 | 95.9 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,034 | 4.1 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 25,102 | 87.8 | +0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | 18,354 | 76.3 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Jordan Topalides | 5,714 | 23.7 | -5.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | 15,495 | 64.8 | -6.1 | |
Liberal | Wendy Leigh | 4,987 | 20.9 | -5.4 | |
Democrats | Vivian Keating | 2,995 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Independent | Astridis Lalopoulos | 430 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 23,907 | 94.6 | -1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,356 | 5.4 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,263 | 87.4 | -0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | 16,830 | 70.4 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Wendy Leigh | 7,077 | 29.6 | +2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Theo Sidiropoulos | 12,398 | 59.4 | -11.5 | |
Liberal | Paul Coughlin | 5,173 | 24.8 | -1.5 | |
Democrats | Vivian Keating | 3,311 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,882 | 96.9 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 671 | 3.1 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,553 | 72.4 | -15.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Clyde Holding | 18,340 | 70.9 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | John Rush | 6,804 | 26.3 | +3.6 | |
Independent | Andrew Jamieson | 732 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 25,876 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,050 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 26,926 | 87.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 18,963 | 73.3 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | John Rush | 6,913 | 26.7 | -6.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Clyde Holding | 11,612 | 64.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Roger Frankel | 4,001 | 22.2 | +4.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Henry Bader | 2,426 | 13.4 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 18,039 | 94.1 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,137 | 5.9 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,176 | 87.7 | -4.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 11,976 | 66.4 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Roger Frankel | 6,063 | 33.6 | +1.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Clyde Holding | 11,629 | 63.8 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Ronald Turner | 3,204 | 17.6 | +1.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Scully | 2,531 | 13.9 | -8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 18,221 | 92.9 | -1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,381 | 7.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,602 | 91.9 | +0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 12,437 | 68.3 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Ronald Turner | 5,784 | 31.7 | -3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Clyde Holding | 12,435 | 61.4 | -1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | James Abikhair | 4,541 | 22.4 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Graham Jackson | 3,265 | 16.1 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,241 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,308 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,549 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 13,116 | 64.8 | -1.6 | |
Liberal | Graham Jackson | 7,125 | 35.2 | +1.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.6 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Richmond.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Clyde Holding | 9,027 | 63.1 | +2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Sydney Tutton | 2,786 | 19.5 | -6.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Leon Bram | 2,505 | 17.5 | +9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 14,318 | 95.3 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 704 | 4.7 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,022 | 92.9 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clyde Holding | 9,446 | 66.0 | -3.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Leon Bram | 4,872 | 34.0 | +3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.5 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Richmond
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Towers | 9,281 | 61.0 | +7.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Leo Gardner | 3,922 | 25.8 | -9.4 | |
Liberal and Country | John Ridge | 1,236 | 8.1 | -2.8 | |
Communist | Harry Bocquet | 789 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,228 | 94.4 | -2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 905 | 5.6 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,133 | 91.5 | -1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Towers | 10,575 | 69.5 | +10.3 | |
Liberal and Country | John Ridge | 4,653 | 30.5 | -10.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +10.3 |
- The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and DLP candidates for Richmond.
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Towers | 9,552 | 53.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | Frank Scully | 6,242 | 35.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Nicholas Renton | 1,932 | 10.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,259 | 93.2 | |||
Informal votes | 533 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 18,259 | 93.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Towers | 10,488 | 59.2 | ||
Democratic Labor | Frank Scully | 7,238 | 40.8 | ||
Labor gain from Democratic Labor | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor (A-C) | Frank Scully | 6,159 | 40.4 | ||
Labor | Patrick O'Connell | 5,967 | 39.2 | ||
Liberal and Country | Barry Dove | 2,622 | 17.2 | ||
Communist | Kenneth Miller | 484 | 3.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,232 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 647 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 15,879 | 95.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor (A-C) | Frank Scully | 8,053 | 52.9 | ||
Labor | Patrick O'Connell | 7,179 | 47.1 | ||
Labor (A-C) gain from Labor | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Scully | 18,474 | 90.2 | +15.7 | |
Communist | Kenneth Miller | 2,016 | 9.8 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 20,490 | 96.2 | -1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 814 | 3.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 21,304 | 93.4 | -2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Scully | 17,569 | 74.5 | +1.5 | |
Liberal and Country | Ralph Skinner | 4,504 | 19.1 | -7.9 | |
Communist | Ken Miller | 1,510 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,583 | 97.6 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 567 | 2.4 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,150 | 95.4 | +1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Scully | 18,928 | 80.3 | +7.3 | |
Liberal and Country | Ralph Skinner | 4,655 | 19.7 | -7.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.3 |
References[]
- "Richmond District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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