Electoral results for the district of Richmond (Victoria)

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Richmond in Victorian state elections.

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Members for Richmond

1856–1904, 2 members
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
  George Evans Unaligned1856 – 1859  Daniel Campbell Unaligned1856 – 1859
  James Francis Unaligned1859 – 1874  Alfred Woolley Unaligned1859 – 1861
  Thomas Lambert Unaligned1861 – 1864
  Archibald Wardrop Unaligned1864 – 1866
  Ambrose Kyte Unaligned1867 [b] – 1867
  James Harcourt Unaligned1868 – 1871
  Louis Smith Unaligned1871 – 1874
  Joseph Bosisto Unaligned1874 [b] – 1889  Robert Inglis Unaligned1874 – 1877
  Louis Smith Unaligned1877 – 1880
  William Walker Unaligned1880
  Louis Smith Unaligned1880 – 1883
  Charles Smith Unaligned1883 – 1889
  George Bennett Unaligned1889 – 1908
  William Trenwith Labor1889 – 1903
  George Roberts Labor1903 [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 – 2022
  Gabrielle de Vietri Greens 2022 – Present

b = by-election

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Richmond [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Greens Gabrielle de Vietri 13,77134.7+1.2
Labor Lauren O'Dwyer13,03732.8−11.6
Liberal Lucas Moon7,45618.8+18.8
Reason Jeremy Cowen1,8304.6−2.0
Victorian Socialists Roz Ward1,8284.6+4.6
Animal Justice Lis Viggers9342.3−0.5
Family First Markus Freiverts4581.2+1.2
Independent Meca Ho4171.0+1.0
Total formal votes39,73196.6+2.6
Informal votes1,3813.4−2.6
Turnout 41,11285.1−0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Lauren O'Dwyer29,45174.1
Liberal Lucas Moon10,28025.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Gabrielle de Vietri 22,77157.2+14.1
Labor Lauren O'Dwyer17,01242.8−14.1
Greens gain from Labor Swing +14.1

Elections in the 2010s

2018 Victorian state election: Richmond [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Wynne 19,70544.39+11.10
Greens Kathleen Maltzahn 15,19734.23+2.77
Reason Judy Ryan2,9166.57+3.24
  Independent Liberal Kevin Quoc Tran2,6986.08+6.08
Independent Herschel Landes1,3403.02+3.02
Animal Justice Craig Kealy1,2682.86+1.41
Independent Emma Manning8111.83+1.83
Independent Adrian Whitehead4591.03+1.03
Total formal votes44,39494.10−2.18
Informal votes2,7835.90+2.18
Turnout 47,17786.28−2.93
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Richard Wynne 24,62055.46+3.60
Greens Kathleen Maltzahn 19,77444.54−3.60
Labor hold Swing +3.60
2014 Victorian state election: Richmond [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Wynne 13,34933.3−3.9
Greens Kathleen Maltzahn 12,61531.5+2.9
Liberal Weiran Lu8,30820.7−2.0
  Independent Socialist Stephen Jolly 3,4078.5−0.2
Sex Party Nevena Spirovska1,3363.3+0.5
Animal Justice Miranda Smith5781.4+1.4
Family First Sarah Knight3170.8+0.8
Independent Tom Keel1920.5+0.5
Total formal votes40,10296.3−0.1
Informal votes1,5503.7+0.1
Turnout 41,65289.2+1.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Richard Wynne 29,30373.1+2.7
Liberal Weiran Lu10,79926.9−2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Richard Wynne 20,79851.9−4.5
Greens Kathleen Maltzahn 19,30448.1+4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5
2010 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Wynne 13,32837.26-9.15
Greens Kathleen Maltzahn 10,17428.44+3.76
Liberal Tom McFeely8,15422.79+2.91
  Independent Socialist Stephen Jolly 3,0978.66+3.02
Sex Party Angela White 1,0202.85+2.85
Total formal votes35,77396.37+0.80
Informal votes1,3483.63−0.80
Turnout 37,12188.33+2.01
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Richard Wynne 25,13070.25-4.92
Liberal Tom McFeely10,64329.75+4.92
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Richard Wynne 20,21256.46+1.58
Greens Kathleen Maltzahn 15,58943.54-1.58
Labor hold Swing +1.58

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Wynne 14,85546.4-1.1
Greens Gurm Sekhon7,90024.7-3.9
Liberal Maina Walkley6,36519.9+0.1
  Independent Socialist Stephen Jolly 1,8055.6+3.6
People Power Richard Grummet4971.6+1.6
Family First Ann Bown Seeley4431.4+1.4
Independent Luke Watts1460.5+0.5
Total formal votes32,01195.6−1.2
Informal votes1,4854.4+1.2
Turnout 33,49686.0
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Richard Wynne 24,06075.2-0.4
Liberal Maina Walkley7,94824.8+0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Richard Wynne 17,17053.6+0.5
Greens Gurm Sekhon14,84146.4-0.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5
2002 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Wynne 15,01647.5-9.5
Greens Gemma Pinnell9,05528.6+28.6
Liberal Paul Teiwes6,25119.8-11.4
Independent Paul Mees6682.1+2.1
  Independent Socialist Stephen Jolly 6292.0-9.8
Total formal votes31,61996.7+0.4
Informal votes1,0633.3−0.4
Turnout 32,68288.2
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Richard Wynne 23,93375.5+9.8
Liberal Paul Teiwes7,74724.5−9.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Richard Wynne 16,78753.1-12.6
Greens Gemma Pinnell14,83246.9+46.9
Labor hold Swing -12.6

Elections in the 1990s

1999 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Wynne 20,12157.4-4.8
Liberal Duc Dung Tran10,71630.6+0.6
  Independent Socialist Stephen Jolly 4,21312.0+12.0
Total formal votes35,05096.3−0.9
Informal votes1,3483.7+0.9
Turnout 36,39887.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Richard Wynne 23,20466.2-1.1
Liberal Duc Dung Tran11,83733.8+1.1
Labor hold Swing -1.1
1996 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Demetri Dollis 21,21662.2+8.9
Liberal Sunny Duong10,21529.9+1.3
Independent Dave Mizon1,6044.7+4.7
Natural Law Larry Clarke1,0953.2+3.2
Total formal votes34,13097.2+4.1
Informal votes9912.8−4.1
Turnout 35,12189.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Demetri Dollis 22,90267.3+4.0
Liberal Sunny Duong11,10332.7-4.0
Labor hold Swing +4.0
1992 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Demetri Dollis 15,94553.3-7.8
Liberal Peter Graham8,55428.6+5.5
Independent Geoff Millman1,3224.4+4.4
Democrats Gordon McQuilten1,1934.0+4.0
Independent Sunny Seau6912.3+2.3
Natural Law Larry Clarke4641.6+1.6
Independent Barry Gration4521.5+1.5
Independent Jason Maher4091.4+1.4
Independent Bill Hampson3961.3-3.7
Independent Steve Florin3731.2-2.8
Independent Ray Fulcher1270.4+0.4
Total formal votes29,92693.1+0.6
Informal votes2,2246.9−0.6
Turnout 32,15091.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Demetri Dollis 18,85863.3-4.1
Liberal Peter Graham10,93936.7+4.1
Labor hold Swing -4.1

Elections in the 1980s

1988 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Demetri Dollis 14,63060.42-10.99
Liberal David Monk5,45222.51-6.08
Democratic Labor John Mulholland1,6266.71+6.71
Independent Bill Hampson1,3955.76+5.76
Independent Steve Florin1,1124.59+4.59
Total formal votes24,21592.43−2.80
Informal votes1,9847.57+2.80
Turnout 26,19986.11−0.96
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Demetri Dollis 16,27367.28-4.13
Liberal David Monk7,91532.72+4.13
Labor hold Swing -4.13
1985 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 18,39671.4+2.1
Liberal John Sevior7,36628.6+10.0
Total formal votes25,76295.2
Informal votes1,2904.8
Turnout 27,05287.1
Labor hold Swing -6.5
1982 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 16,68069.3+4.5
Liberal Jordan Topalides4,47318.6-2.3
Democrats Bruce Errol2,91512.1-0.4
Total formal votes24,06895.9+1.3
Informal votes1,0344.1−1.3
Turnout 25,10287.8+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 18,35476.3+5.9
Liberal Jordan Topalides5,71423.7-5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9

Elections in the 1970s

1979 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 15,49564.8-6.1
Liberal Wendy Leigh4,98720.9-5.4
Democrats Vivian Keating2,99512.5+12.5
Independent Astridis Lalopoulos4301.8+1.8
Total formal votes23,90794.6−1.5
Informal votes1,3565.4+1.5
Turnout 25,26387.4−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 16,83070.4-2.9
Liberal Wendy Leigh7,07729.6+2.9
Labor hold Swing -2.9
1977 Richmond state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Theo Sidiropoulos 12,39859.4-11.5
Liberal Paul Coughlin5,17324.8-1.5
Democrats Vivian Keating3,31115.9+15.9
Total formal votes20,88296.9+0.8
Informal votes6713.1−0.8
Turnout 21,55372.4−15.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1976 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Holding 18,34070.9+6.3
Liberal John Rush6,80426.3+3.6
Independent Andrew Jamieson7322.8+2.8
Total formal votes25,87696.1
Informal votes1,0503.9
Turnout 26,92687.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 18,96373.3+6.8
Liberal John Rush6,91326.7-6.8
Labor hold Swing +6.8
1973 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Holding 11,61264.4+0.6
Liberal Roger Frankel4,00122.2+4.6
Democratic Labor Henry Bader2,42613.4-0.5
Total formal votes18,03994.1+1.2
Informal votes1,1375.9−1.2
Turnout 19,17687.7−4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 11,97666.4-1.9
Liberal Roger Frankel6,06333.6+1.9
Labor hold Swing -1.9
1970 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Holding 11,62963.8+2.4
Liberal Ronald Turner3,20417.6+1.5
Democratic Labor Terence Scully2,53113.9-8.5
Total formal votes18,22192.9−1.0
Informal votes1,3817.1+1.0
Turnout 19,60291.9+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 12,43768.3+3.5
Liberal Ronald Turner5,78431.7-3.5
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1960s

1967 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Holding 12,43561.4-1.9
Democratic Labor James Abikhair4,54122.4+3.6
Liberal Graham Jackson3,26516.1-1.0
Total formal votes20,24193.9
Informal votes1,3086.1
Turnout 21,54991.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 13,11664.8-1.6
Liberal Graham Jackson7,12535.2+1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6
1964 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Holding 9,02763.1+2.1
Democratic Labor Sydney Tutton2,78619.5-6.3
Liberal and Country Leon Bram2,50517.5+9.4
Total formal votes14,31895.3+0.9
Informal votes7044.7−0.9
Turnout 15,02292.9+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clyde Holding 9,44666.0-3.5
Liberal and Country Leon Bram4,87234.0+3.5
Labor hold Swing -3.5
1962 Richmond state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Holding 9,34765.9+4.9
Democratic Labor Leo Gardiner3,80226.8+1.0
Independent Stirling Davis8976.3+6.3
Independent John Murray1290.9+0.9
Total formal votes14,17596.1+1.7
Informal votes5693.9−1.7
Turnout 14,74484.0−7.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1961 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 9,28161.0+7.9
Democratic Labor Leo Gardner3,92225.8-9.4
Liberal and Country John Ridge1,2368.1-2.8
Communist Harry Bocquet7895.2+5.2
Total formal votes15,22894.4−2.7
Informal votes9055.6+2.7
Turnout 16,13391.5−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Towers 10,57569.5+10.3
Liberal and Country John Ridge4,65330.5-10.3
Labor hold Swing +10.3

Elections in the 1950s

1958 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Towers 9,55253.9
Democratic Labor Frank Scully 6,24235.2
Liberal and Country Nicholas Renton1,93210.9
Total formal votes18,25993.2
Informal votes5332.9
Turnout 18,25993.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Towers 10,48859.2
Democratic Labor Frank Scully 7,23840.8
Labor gain from Democratic Labor Swing
1955 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (A-C) Frank Scully 6,15940.4
Labor Patrick O'Connell5,96739.2
Liberal and Country Barry Dove2,62217.2
Communist Kenneth Miller4843.2
Total formal votes15,23295.9
Informal votes6474.1
Turnout 15,87995.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor (A-C) Frank Scully 8,05352.9
Labor Patrick O'Connell7,17947.1
Labor (A-C) gain from Labor Swing
1952 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Scully 18,47490.2+15.7
Communist Kenneth Miller2,0169.8+3.4
Total formal votes20,49096.2−1.4
Informal votes8143.8+1.4
Turnout 21,30493.4−2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Scully 17,56974.5+1.5
Liberal and Country Ralph Skinner4,50419.1-7.9
Communist Ken Miller1,5106.4+6.4
Total formal votes23,58397.6−0.6
Informal votes5672.4+0.6
Turnout 24,15095.4+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Scully 18,92880.3+7.3
Liberal and Country Ralph Skinner4,65519.7-7.3
Labor hold Swing +7.3

Elections in the 1940s

1949 Richmond state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Scully 17,15977.4+4.4
Liberal and Country Michael McNamara4,99622.6-4.4
Total formal votes22,15598.0−0.2
Informal votes4602.0+0.2
Turnout 22,61588.4−5.7
Labor hold Swing +4.4
1947 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stan Keon 18,23373.0-2.9
Liberal Roland Leckie 6,73627.0+27.0
Total formal votes24,96998.2+4.2
Informal votes4651.8−4.2
Turnout 25,43494.1+7.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1945 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stan Keon 16,62175.9
Communist Bart Flannagan5,28824.1
Total formal votes21,90994.0
Informal votes1,4026.0
Turnout 23,31186.6
Labor hold Swing
1943 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 14,48368.4-31.6
Communist Bertha Laidler6,69031.6+31.6
Total formal votes21,17394.7
Informal votes1,1915.3
Turnout 22,36485.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1940 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 15,99669.8-2.8
Independent Cecil Lee-Archer6,90830.2+30.2
Total formal votes22,90498.4+0.8
Informal votes3841.6−0.8
Turnout 23,28892.7−1.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8
1935 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 16,26872.6-27.4
United Australia Cecil Lee-Archer6,14727.4+27.4
Total formal votes22,41597.6
Informal votes5602.4
Turnout 22,97594.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1932 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1927 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1924 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1921 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1920 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1914 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 6,33576.3-0.4
Liberal Tom Brennan 1,96723.7+0.4
Total formal votes8,30297.4−1.4
Informal votes2242.6+1.4
Turnout 8,52648.9−6.3
Labor hold Swing -0.4
1911 Victorian state election: Richmond
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ted Cotter 6,06376.7+10.3
Liberal Norman O'Brien1,83823.3+23.3
Total formal votes7,90198.8−1.0
Informal votes981.2+1.0
Turnout 7,99955.2−13.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

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