Division of Richmond

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Richmond
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1901
MP: Justine Elliot
Party: Labor
Namesake: Richmond River
Electors: 90,018
Area: 2,756 km² (1,064.1 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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[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Thomas Ewing Protectionist 1901—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

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Richmond
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
Citizens Electoral Council 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
Australian federal election, 2004: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Larry Anthony 36,095 45.79 +1.04
Labor Justine Elliot 28,059 35.60 +1.60
Greens Susanna Flower 9,751 12.37 +2.31
Family First Craig Lees 1,626 2.06 +2.06
liberals for forests Fiona Tyler 1,417 1.80 +1.80
Democrats Timothy Winton-Brown 913 1.16 -1.71
Veterans Allan Watt 617 0.78 +0.78
Nuclear Disarmament Dean Jefferys 341 0.43 +0.43
Total formal votes 78,819 96.39 +1.74
Informal votes 2,951 3.61 -1.74
Turnout 81,770 94.68 +0.28
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Justine Elliot 39,560 50.19 +1.87
National Larry Anthony 39,259 49.81 -1.87
Labor gain from National Swing +1.74

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