Richmond (constituency)
Coordinates: 28 ° 31 ′ S , 153 ° 22 ′ E
New South Wales constituency location .
Richmond is one of 150 constituencies used to elect the Australian House of Representatives . The constituency is located in the extreme northeast of the Australian state of New South Wales on the Pacific coast. It includes the towns of Tweed Heads , Murwillumbah and Byron Bay . The constituency was founded in 1901, making it one of the first 75 constituencies in Australia. It was named after the Richmond River .
Justine Elliot of the Australian Labor Party has been the incumbent MP for the constituency since 2004 .
Previous MPs
| Surname | Political party | Terms of office |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Ewing | Protectionist Party | 1901-1909 |
| Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1909-1910 | |
| Walter Massy-Greene | Commonwealth Liberal Party | 1910-1916 |
| Nationalist Party of Australia | 1916-1922 | |
| Roland Green | Country Party of Australia | 1922-1937 |
| Hubert Anthony | Country Party of Australia | 1937-1957 |
| Doug Anthony | National Party of Australia | 1957-1975 |
| National Country Party of Australia | 1975-1982 | |
| National Party of Australia | 1982-1984 | |
| Charles Blunt | National Party of Australia | 1984-1990 |
| Neville Newell | Australian Labor Party | 1990-1996 |
| Larry Anthony | National Party of Australia | 1996-2004 |
| Justine Elliot | Australian Labor Party | 2004 – acting |