Division of Scullin

Scullin
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division of Scullin (green) in Victoria
Created: 1969
MP: Harry Jenkins
Party: Labor
Namesake: James Scullin
Area: 101 km² (39 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Scullin is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, including Epping, Lalor, Bundoora, Mill Park and Plenty.

The Division replaced the abolished Division of Darebin at the redistribution of 21 November 1968. It was named after Rt Hon James Scullin, the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. The Division has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party since its inception. The Division has been 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 was Deputy Speaker from 1993–1996, second Deputy Speaker from 1996–2007 and was Speaker from 2007 until 2011.

Members

Member Party Term
  Harry Jenkins, Sr. Labor 1969–1986
  Harry Jenkins Labor 1986–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2010: Scullin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Jenkins 49,310 62.12 -1.20
Liberal Max Williams 19,142 24.11 -0.28
Greens Gurm Sekhon 6,702 8.44 +2.41
Family First Ian Stratov 4,226 5.32 +0.59
Total formal votes 79,380 94.01 -1.93
Informal votes 5,055 5.99 +1.93
Turnout 84,435 92.97 -2.73
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Harry Jenkins 57,355 72.25 +1.40
Liberal Max Williams 22,025 27.75 -1.40
Labor hold Swing +1.40

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