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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.

Members for Richmond

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1856–1904, 2 members
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
  Thomas Lambert Unaligned 1861 – 1864
  Archibald Wardrop Unaligned 1864 – 1866
  Ambrose Kyte Unaligned 1867[b] – 1867
  James Harcourt Unaligned 1868 – 1871
  Louis Smith Unaligned 1871 – 1874
  Joseph Bosisto Unaligned 1874[b] – 1889   Robert Inglis Unaligned 1874 – 1877
  Louis Smith Unaligned 1877 – 1880
  William Walker Unaligned 1880
  Louis Smith Unaligned 1880 – 1883
  Charles Smith Unaligned 1883 – 1889
  George Bennett 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 – 2022
  Gabrielle de Vietri Greens 2022 – Present

b = by-election

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022

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2022 Victorian state election: Richmond[1][2][3]
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

Elections in the 2010s

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2018

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2018 Victorian state election: Richmond[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Liberal 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

2014

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Victorian state election, 2014: Richmond[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Socialist 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
Notional two-party-preferred count
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

2010

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2010 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Notional two-party-preferred count
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

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2006

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2006 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Notional two-party-preferred count
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

2002

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2002 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Notional two-party-preferred count
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

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1999

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1999 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1996

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1996 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1992

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1992 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1988

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1988 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1985

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1985 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1982

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1982 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1979

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1979 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1977 by-election

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1977 Richmond state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1976

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1976 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1973

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1973 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1970

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1970 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1967

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1967 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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.

1964

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1964 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1962 by-election

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1962 Richmond state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clyde Holding 9,347 65.9 +4.9
Democratic Labor Leo Gardiner 3,802 26.8 +1.0
Independent Stirling Davis 897 6.3 +6.3
Independent John Murray 129 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 14,175 96.1 +1.7
Informal votes 569 3.9 −1.7
Turnout 14,744 84.0 −7.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed

1961

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1961 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1958

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1958 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
  • Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

1955

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1955 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1952

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1952 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

1950

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1950 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Elections in the 1940s

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1949 by-election

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1949 Richmond state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Scully 17,159 77.4 +4.4
Liberal and Country Michael McNamara 4,996 22.6 −4.4
Total formal votes 22,155 98.0 −0.2
Informal votes 460 2.0 +0.2
Turnout 22,615 88.4 −5.7
Labor hold Swing +4.4

1947

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1947 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Keon 18,233 73.0 −2.9
Liberal Roland Leckie 6,736 27.0 +27.0
Total formal votes 24,969 98.2 +4.2
Informal votes 465 1.8 −4.2
Turnout 25,434 94.1 +7.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

1945

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1945 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Keon 16,621 75.9
Communist Bart Flannagan 5,288 24.1
Total formal votes 21,909 94.0
Informal votes 1,402 6.0
Turnout 23,311 86.6
Labor hold Swing

1943

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1943 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cotter 14,483 68.4 −31.6
Communist Bertha Laidler 6,690 31.6 +31.6
Total formal votes 21,173 94.7
Informal votes 1,191 5.3
Turnout 22,364 85.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

1940

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Elections in the 1930s

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1937

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1937 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cotter 15,996 69.8 −2.8
Independent Cecil Lee-Archer 6,908 30.2 +30.2
Total formal votes 22,904 98.4 +0.8
Informal votes 384 1.6 −0.8
Turnout 23,288 92.7 −1.8
Labor hold Swing −2.8

1935

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1935 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cotter 16,268 72.6 −27.4
United Australia Cecil Lee-Archer 6,147 27.4 +27.4
Total formal votes 22,415 97.6
Informal votes 560 2.4
Turnout 22,975 94.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

1932

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Elections in the 1920s

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1929

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1927

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1924

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1921

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1920

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Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1914

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1914 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cotter 6,335 76.3 −0.4
Liberal Tom Brennan 1,967 23.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 8,302 97.4 −1.4
Informal votes 224 2.6 +1.4
Turnout 8,526 48.9 −6.3
Labor hold Swing −0.4

1911

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1911 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Cotter 6,063 76.7 +10.3
Liberal Norman O'Brien 1,838 23.3 +23.3
Total formal votes 7,901 98.8 −1.0
Informal votes 98 1.2 +1.0
Turnout 7,999 55.2 −13.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

References

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  • "Richmond District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  1. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  2. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ Richmond District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ State Election 2018: Richmond District, VEC.
  5. ^ Colebatch (16 November 2022). "Victoria considers its verdict". Inside Story. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024. The overall two-party-preferred vote (including an estimate for inner-suburban Richmond, where an independent Liberal ran after the party failed to nominate) was 57.5 per cent for Labor, 42.5 per cent for the Coalition.
  6. ^ State Election 2014: Richmond District, VEC.