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Last election · 2022 State election

Elected: RICHARDSON, Tim (Australian Labor Party - Victorian Branch).

First preferences
CandidatePartyVotes%
RICHARDSON, TimAustralian Labor Party - Victorian Branch19,39844.03%
PEASE, PhillipLiberal13,82931.39%
LESSA, DanielAustralian Greens4,52610.27%
O'DONNELL, Sarah—3,2407.35%
VO, ChiAnimal Justice Party1,0702.43%
ALBRECHT, DeborahFreedom Party of Victoria9552.17%
LUM, PatrickFamily First Victoria8872.01%
REID, Phil—1540.35%
After the distribution of preferences
CandidatePartyVotes%
RICHARDSON, TimAustralian Labor Party - Victorian Branch25,64058.19%
PEASE, PhillipLiberal18,41941.81%

Enrolment 50,643 · formal 44,059 · informal 2,035 · total 46,094

As the Victorian Electoral Commission published it (VEC results ↗). Parties are those the candidates stood for then; a member may have changed party since. The 2021 redivision of Victoria's State electoral boundaries came into effect on 1 November 2022 and will remain in place until the writ for the 2030 State election is issued, unless triggered sooner. Electoral Boundaries Commission ↗

Where they stand, issue by issue

Each entry is that person's own stated view, with its sources. The badge says what kind of source backs it — official record, own statement, news report or encyclopedia — which describes the evidence, not how much we believe it. Nothing is totalled or ranked; recorded votes are counted only to point to the member's record, where each is listed. See methodology.

Voluntary assisted dying

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting news report

Voted on the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 in the Victorian Legislative Assembly (conscience vote; the bill passed the Assembly 47-37 on 20 October 2017). Tim Richardson voted NO (against).

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Drugs & law and order

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

20 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Paul O'HalloranLiberal own statement

Paul O'Halloran says a Coalition government will "restore full public counter hours at Chelsea Police Station", adding "This is what residents in Chelsea and Chelsea Heights have been asking for".

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Nadia Ticehurst.

Native forest logging

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting official record

Voted aye on 30 May 2024 on an amendment moved during the Legislative Assembly's consideration of the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Bill 2024, which repealed the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 following the cessation of native forest logging on 1 January 2024. The question was 'That the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question' (Legislative Assembly, 30 May 2024; Ayes 53, Noes 24; agreed to): an aye vote kept the words the amendment proposed to omit. It was a vote on the amendment, not on the bill.

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

First Nations & treaty

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

In his 2024 campaign for Kingston council, Alex Breskin said he was "all for council … supporting inclusive alternatives to 26 January ceremonies".

No sourced position on record: Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Integrity & anti-corruption

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

8 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

In his 2024 campaign for Kingston council, Alex Breskin said "Kingston could be doing democracy so much better" and called for "improving consultation across the board and prioritising transparency and accountability on Council".

No sourced position on record: Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Housing & planning

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

9 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

Committed to "ensuring accessible public housing for those who need it".

Mahee HossainOther / minor party own statement

Attributes “housing shortages and cost of living crisis” to wealth being “funnelled to the rich.”

No sourced position on record: Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Health

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

3 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Mahee HossainOther / minor party own statement

Points to activism against “the closing of community healthcare clinics in Melbourne by the Labor government.”

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Education

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

In his 2024 council election campaign in the City of Kingston, Alex Breskin said "Council should resist the temptation to privatise local public services, especially when it comes to core services like kinders".

No sourced position on record: Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Transport & infrastructure

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

3 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

Alex Breskin's Greens profile says he "was the Secretary of the Residents Against Mordialloc Freeway, which was awarded the Paul Mees award by the PTUA".

Paul O'HalloranLiberal own statement

Paul O'Halloran says Chelsea Station has "No crossing at the main entrance" and that he will "sit down with residents and with council and review why this station doesn’t work for the people who use it every single day".

No sourced position on record: Mahee Hossain, Nadia Ticehurst.

Energy

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

11 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

In his 2024 campaign for Kingston council, Alex Breskin said Kingston could "lead local climate action by sourcing renewable energy", refitting the council fleet to electric vehicles, "solar bulk-buying" and "community batteries".

Paul O'HalloranLiberal own statement

Paul O'Halloran says "How you cook dinner or heat your home should be your call, not Spring Street’s", that "if you’re building a new home in Mordialloc, Chelsea, Aspendale, Edithvale, Parkdale, Mentone or Waterways, Labor has already made that decision for you", and backs scrapping "Labor’s gas ban".

No sourced position on record: Mahee Hossain, Nadia Ticehurst.

Environment & water

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

Alex BreskinGreens own statement

Says he will fight for "meaningful climate action to protect our waterways and wildlife"; campaigned for his local council to declare a climate and ecological sustainability emergency.

No sourced position on record: Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Economic nationalism

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Economy & tax

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

13 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Workplace & industrial relations

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

8 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Gender & LGBTQ+ policy

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

1 recorded vote on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Religious freedom

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Freedom of speech

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

4 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Gambling & gaming reform

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

4 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

Hunting (duck & native birds)

Tim RichardsonLabor · sitting

No statement on file.

2 recorded votes on this issue on their record

No sourced position on record: Alex Breskin, Mahee Hossain, Paul O'Halloran, Nadia Ticehurst.

No one here has a sourced position on record on: welfare & social services, abortion & reproductive policy, sex work decriminalisation, nuclear & uranium, animal welfare.

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