Electoral district of Richmond (Victoria)
| Richmond Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
_2022.svg) Location of Richmond (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
| State | Victoria |
| Created | 1856 |
| MP | Gabrielle de Vietri |
| Party | Greens |
| Namesake | Suburb of Richmond |
| Electors | 48,305 (2022) |
| Area | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner 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
[change | change source]| 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
[change | change source]- ↑ Richmond District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.