Electoral results for the district of Richmond (Victoria)

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

Members for Richmond

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

Elections in the 2020s

2022 Victorian state election: Richmond

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	+2.6
Informal votes			1,381	3.4	−2.6
Turnout			41,112	85.1	−0.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Lauren O'Dwyer	29,451	74.1
	Liberal	Lucas Moon	10,280	25.9
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

2018 Victorian state election: Richmond

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 Victorian state election: Richmond

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 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 Socialist	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

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 Socialist	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 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 Socialist	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

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 Socialist	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 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 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

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 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 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

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 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 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 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 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

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 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 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 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

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

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 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 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

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 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 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 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 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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 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 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1927 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1924 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1921 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1920 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

1917 Victorian state election: Richmond

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

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 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

• "Richmond District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.