Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria)

Richmond
VictoriaLegislative Assembly
Location of Richmond (dark green) in Greater Melbourne
StateVictoria
Created1856
MPGabrielle de Vietri
PartyGreens
NamesakeSuburb of Richmond
Electors48,305 (2022)
Area13 km2 (5.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

Richmond is an electoral district of Victoria. It was created in 1856. It is in the Northern Metropolitan Region.

Richmond is in the Melbourne CBD. It is one of three Victorian electorates to have been contested at every state election, the other two being Brighton and Williamstown.

Election results

2022 Victorian state election: Richmond[1]
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 +12.7
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

References

  1. Richmond District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.