Richmond (constituency)
Coordinates: 28 ° 31 ′ S , 153 ° 22 ′ E
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 |
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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 |