| Richmond Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Richmond (green) within New South Wales |
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| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Justine Elliot |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Richmond River |
| Electors: | 90,018 |
| Area: | 2,756 km² (1,064 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Richmond is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the far north-east of the state, along the Pacific coast. It adjoins the Queensland border to the north, and encompasses the towns of Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Byron Bay.
The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The seat is currently a marginal Labor seat. The Division has traditionally been a rural seat and fairly safe for the National Party. It was held by three generations of the Anthony family, the first three-generation dynasty in the Australian House of Representatives. However, strong population growth has seen it progressively lose its rural territory to become a more urbanised coastal division, and demographic change has made the seat increasingly favourable for the Labor party.
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Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ewing | Protectionist | 1901–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| Walter Massy-Greene | Commonwealth Liberal | 1910–1916 | |
| Nationalist | 1916–1922 | ||
| Roland Green | Country | 1922–1937 | |
| Larry Anthony, senior | Country | 1937–1957 | |
| Doug Anthony | Country, National | 1957–1984 | |
| Charles Blunt | National | 1984–1990 | |
| Neville Newell | Labor | 1990–1996 | |
| Larry Anthony | National | 1996–2004 | |
| Justine Elliot | Labor | 2004–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Richmond | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Justine Elliot | 35,699 | 43.81 | +8.15 | |
| National | Sue Page | 30,134 | 36.98 | -7.53 | |
| Greens | Giovanni Ebono | 12,168 | 14.93 | +1.32 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | Daniel Farmilo | 1,320 | 1.62 | +1.62 | |
| Christian Democrats | Barbara Raymond | 1,039 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
| Democrats | Scott Sledge | 950 | 1.17 | +0.12 | |
| CEC | Graham McCallum | 176 | 0.22 | +0.16 | |
| Total formal votes | 81,486 | 95.72 | -0.62 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,647 | 4.28 | +0.62 | ||
| Turnout | 85,133 | 94.57 | +0.24 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Justine Elliot | 47,973 | 58.87 | +7.43 | |
| National | Sue Page | 33,513 | 41.13 | -7.43 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +7.43 | |||
References
- Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
- The Poll Bludger
- ABC Elections
- Australian Electoral Commission
External links
- "Division of Richmond". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/r/richmond.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 184 kB)
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