DIVISION OF RICHMOND

The 'Division of Richmond' is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the far north-east of the state, along the Pacific coast. It adjoins the Queensland border to the north, and encompasses the towns of Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Byron Bay.
The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The seat is currently a marginal Labor seat. The Division has traditionally been a rural seat and fairly safe for the National Party. It was held by three generations of the Anthony family, the first three-generation dynasty in the Australian House of Representatives. However, strong population growth has seen it progressively lose its rural territory to become a more urbanised coastal division, and demographic change has made the seat increasingly favourable for the Labor party.

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Members

Election results

References

External links

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Ewing	Protectionist	1901—1910
	Walter Massy-Greene	Commonwealth Liberal	1910—1916
	Walter Massy-Greene	Nationalist	1916—1922
	Roland Green	Country	1922—1937
	Larry Anthony, senior	Country	1937—1957
	Doug Anthony	Country, National	1957—1984
	Charles Blunt	National	1984—1990
	Neville Newell	Labor	1990—1996
	Larry Anthony	National	1996—2004
	Justine Elliot	Labor	2004—present

Election results

References

★ Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive

★ The Poll Bludger

★ ABC Elections

★ Australian Electoral Commission

External links

★ Division of Richmond (PDF, 184 kB)