Map of Richmond District showing the suburbs of Clifton Hill, Fitzroy, and Richmond. The district boundaries include Merri Creek in the north-east, Yarra River in the east and south, and Punt Road and Nicholson Street for parts of the west.

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Features of the District

Location:	Richmond District is an inner metropolitan electorate located three kilometres east of Melbourne.
Area:	14 square kilometres.
Region:	Northern Metropolitan Region
Suburbs:	Abbotsford, Burnley, Clifton Hill, Collingwood, Fitzroy and Richmond. Part of the suburb of Fitzroy North.
Features:	Richmond District is a residential electorate. It includes the Edinburgh Gardens, Burnley Park and the Burnley campus of the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture.
Member:	Richard Wynne

A statistical profile (external link) based on 2006 Census data is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Election results

2006 State election results for Richmond District.
2002 State election results for Richmond District.


Seat position within the swing.

Historical pattern

1856-89	Unaffiliated
1889-91	Liberal
1891-97	ALP
1897-1903	Liberal
1903-04	ALP
1904-07	Liberal
1907-08	Fusion
1908-55	ALP
1955-58	Anti-Communist Labor/DLP
1958-present	ALP