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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Richmond, New South Wales
Named for: Richmond River (named by Captain John Rous in 1828, after
Charles Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond.)
Northern New South Wales: Ballina, Brunswick Heads, Byron Bay, Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads
State seats: All of
Tweed, parts of
Ballina and
Lismore
Local government areas: All of
Byron and
Tweed, parts of
Ballina
Borders with:
McPherson,
Page and
Wright
Enrolment at 2019 election: 119,446
Enrolment at 2022 election: 118,652 (-00.7)
1999 republic referendum: No 53.9
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 67.9
Sitting member: Hon Justine Elliot (Labor):
Elected 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
2007 Labor majority over Nationals: 8.9%
2010 Labor majority over Nationals: 7.0%
2013 Labor majority over Nationals: 3.0%
2016 Labor majority over Nationals: 4.0%
2019 Labor majority over Nationals: 4.1%
Nationals two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Marginal Labor
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Wilsons Creek (85.9), Federal (80.7), Durrumbil (79.9), Mullumbimby South (77.7),
Ocean Shores North (76.4)
Best Nationals booths, two-party vote: Terranora (60.7), Crystal Creek (56.7), Casuarina (56.4),
Tweed Heads PPVC (56.4), Tintenbar (55.4)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Terry Sharples
Independent |
2. Nathan Jones
Independent |
3. Monica Shepherd
Informed Medical Options |
4. David Warth
Independent |
5. Gary Biggs
Liberal Democrats |
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6. Hon Justine Elliot
Australian Labor Party |
7. Kimberley Hone
The Nationals |
8. Tracey Bell-Henselin
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
9. Mandy Nolan
Australian Greens |
10. Rob Marks
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Gary Biggs
Hon Justine Elliot
Kimberley Hone
Rob Marks
Mandy Nolan
Monica Shepherd
David Warth
Division of Richmond
Richmond has existed since Federation, occupying the north-eastern corner of NSW against the Queensland
border. For most of its history it was a safe seat for the Country Party and its heir the Nationals,
but from the 1980s rapid urbanisation of the coastal strip has caused the seat to be sharply reduced
in size and changed in character, and made it politically marginal. Richmond has one of the lowest
levels of median family income of any electorate, because of its population mix of retirees, hippies
and low-paid tourism and service workers. Richmond has also been colonised by affluent urban refugees,
as is shown by its fairly high rate of people in professional occupations. Only 6% of Richmond's workforce
works in agriculture, which is why the Nationals have lost their grip on a seat which the Country Party
held from 1922 to 1990.
Richmond was dominated for many years by the Anthony family, the only three-generation dynasty in the
history of the House of Representatives.
Larry Anthony senior was a minister in the 1940s and '50s, his son
Doug was Leader of the Country Party and twice Deputy Prime Minister, and Doug's son
Larry was a minister in the Howard government until his defeat in 2004.
Between Doug and the younger Larry, the seat was held for a time by
Charles Blunt, who was briefly leader of the Nationals. Since 2004 the Nationals have not
looked like regaining what was once one of their safest seats.
Justine Elliot, Labor MP for Richmond since 2004, was a police officer and state public servant before
her election. She was a minister and a parliamentary secretary in the Rudd-Gillard Government, but was
dropped in early 2013 and is now on the backbench. Although Labor has a modest majority of 4.1%, there
doesn't seem much likelihood of the Nationals regaining this seat. The Greens are a more serious threat: they
won the state seat of Ballina in 2015 and polled 20.3% in Richmond in 2019. The Nationals candidate is Kimberley Hone, whose
occupation is not stated. The Greens candidate is
Mandy Nolan, a Mullumbimby comedian, journalist and author.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,099 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 23.5% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 3.4% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 76.0% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 6.5% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 20.3% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 33.3% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 16.6% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 32.2% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 24.2% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 4.1% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 27.7% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 28.3% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 24.9% (Australia 32.8%)
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