Division of Scullin

Scullin; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Scullin in Victoria, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1968
MP	Andrew Giles
Party	Labor
Namesake	James Scullin
Electors	105,180 (2019)
Area	116 km2 (44.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Scullin is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the outer northern suburbs of Melbourne, including Epping, Lalor, Mill Park, South Morang, Thomastown

History

James Scullin, the division's namesake

The Division replaced the abolished Division of Darebin at the redistribution of 21 November 1968. It was named after Rt Hon James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1929 to 1932. The Division has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party since its inception. Labor has never won less than 57 percent of the two-party vote, and has always garnered enough primary votes to win the seat outright. It is presently Labor's fourth-safest seat in Victoria and eighth-safest overall, with an 18.2 percent swing needed for the Liberals to win it.

From 1969 to 2013, the seat was held by two generations of the Jenkins family. Harry Jenkins Sr. was the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1983 to 1986. His son, Harry Jr. was Deputy Speaker from 1993–1996, second Deputy Speaker from 1996–2007 and was Speaker from 2007 until 2011.

Harry Jr. retired at the 2013 election, and was succeeded by current member Andrew Giles.

Members

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Harry Jenkins Sr. (1925–2004)	Labor	25 October 1969 – 20 December 1985	Served as Speaker during the Hawke Government. Resigned in order to retire from politics
Harry Jenkins Jr. (1952–)	Labor	8 February 1986 – 5 August 2013	Served as Speaker during the Rudd and Gillard Governments. Retired
Andrew Giles (1973–)	Labor	7 September 2013 – present	Incumbent

Election results

2019 Australian federal election: Scullin[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Giles	55,467	60.42	+1.03
	Liberal	Gurpal Singh	20,484	22.31	−3.54
	Greens	Cynthia Smith	6,128	6.67	−0.55
	United Australia	Firas Hasan	4,625	5.04	+5.04
	Animal Justice	Rod Whitfield	3,500	3.81	+0.51
	Independent	Yassin Akram Albarri	1,605	1.75	+1.75
Total formal votes			91,809	94.78	+0.60
Informal votes			5,055	5.22	−0.60
Turnout			96,864	92.12	+2.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	65,787	71.66	+2.08
	Liberal	Gurpal Singh	26,022	28.34	−2.08
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.08

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References

Scullin, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Scullin - Australian Electoral Commission

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[1] Scullin, VIC, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.