Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Richmond, New South Wales
The Division of Richmond was created in 1901. It is named for the Richmond River (named by Captain John Rous in 1828, after Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond.)
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1906: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1913: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1922: Byron Bay, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1934: Casino, Kyogle, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1949: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1955: Kyogle, Lismore, Muwillumbah, Tweed
1969: Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Tweed
1977: Ballina, Casino, Lismore, Murwillumbah
1984: Byron Bay, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
1993: Ballina, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
2001: Ballina, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
2007: Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
2010: Byron Bay, Lennox Head, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
2016: Ballina, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
2025: Ballina, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Protectionist 05.3 *1
1903: Protectionist 22.6 *2
1906: Protectionist 26.4 *3
1910: Liberal 04.2 *1
1913: Liberal 19.9
1914: Liberal unopposed
1917: Nationalist 25.2
1919: Nationalist 22.5
1922: Country Party 03.3 *4
1925: Country Party 17.7
1928: Country Party unopposed
1929: Country Party *5
1931: Country Party *5
1934: Country Party *5
1937: Country Party *5
1940: Country Party 16.9
1943: Country Party 13.6
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1946: Country Party 18.3
1949: Country Party 25.1
1951: Country Party 26.3
1954: Country Party unopposed
1955: Country Party unopposed
1957b: Country Party 19.7
1958: Country Party 21.5
1961: Country Party 13.9
1963: Country Party 17.0
1966: Country Party 17.2
1969: Country Party 12.6
1972: Country Party 12.2
1974: Country Party 13.7
1975: Nationals 16.4
1977: Nationals 14.8
1980: Nationals 10.3
1983: Nationals 05.9
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1984b: Nationals 05.8
1984: Nationals 07.2
1987: Nationals 06.6
1990: Labor 00.5
1993: Labor 01.8
1996: Nationals 06.8
1998: Nationals 00.8
2001: Nationals 01.6
2004: Labor 00.2
2007: Labor 08.9
2010: Labor 07.0
2013: Labor 03.0
2016: Labor 04.0
2019: Labor 04.1
2022: Labor 08.2
2025: Labor 10.0
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*1 Majority over independent
*2 Majority over Free Trade
*3 Majority over Anti-Socialist
*4 Majority over Nationalist
*5 Two Country Party candidates
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Richmond at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR RICHMOND
Hon Thomas Ewing (Prot, Lib) 1901-10
Hon Walter Massy-Greene (Lib, Nat) 1910-22
Roland Green (CP) 1922-37
Hon Larry Anthony (CP) 1937-57
Rt Hon Doug Anthony (CP, NCP, NPA) 1957b-84
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Charles Blunt (NPA) 1984-90
Neville Newell (ALP) 1990-96
Hon Larry Anthony (NPA) 1996-2004
Hon Justine Elliott (ALP) 2004-
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| Hon Thomas Ewing (Prot, Lib) 1901-10 |
Hon Walter Massy-Greene (Lib, Nat) 1910-22 |
Roland Green (CP) 1922-37 |
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| Hon Larry Anthony (CP) 1937-57 |
Rt Hon Doug Anthony (CP, NCP, NPA)
1957-84 |
Charles Blunt (NPA) 1984-90 |
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| Neville Newell (ALP) 1990-96 |
Hon Larry Anthony (NPA) 1996-2004 |
Hon Justine Elliott (ALP) 2004- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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