Division of Scullin

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the previous electorate, see Division of Scullin (1955–69).

Scullin Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Scullin (green) in Victoria
Created	1968
MP	Andrew Giles
Party	Labor
Namesake	James Scullin
Electors	103,695 (2013)
Area	169 km² (65.3 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 Diamond Creek, Epping, Lalor, Mill Park, South Morang, Thomastown and Wattle Glen, as well as the townships of Hurstbridge, Plenty and Yarrambat.

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. 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 Jenkins was Deputy Speaker from 1993–1996, second Deputy Speaker from 1996–2007 and was Speaker from 2007 until 2011.

The current member for Scullin since the 2013 election is Andrew Giles, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Members

Australian federal election, 2013: Scullin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Giles	45,484	50.26	−9.55
	Liberal	Jag Chugha	26,369	29.14	+3.47
	Greens	Rose Ljubicic	6,780	7.49	−1.70
	Palmer United	Peter Cooper	5,991	6.62	+6.62
	Sex Party	Nathan Rolph	2,453	2.71	+2.71
	Family First	Katie Conlon	2,394	2.65	−2.43
	Katter's Australian	Domenic Greco	1,025	1.13	+1.13
Total formal votes			90,496	93.57	−0.71
Informal votes			6,214	6.43	+0.71
Turnout			96,710	93.26	−0.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	58,232	64.35	−6.18
	Liberal	Jag Chugha	32,264	35.65	+6.18
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.18

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Victoria

Aston Ballarat Batman Bendigo Bruce Calwell Casey Chisholm Corangamite Corio Deakin Dunkley Flinders Gellibrand Gippsland Goldstein Gorton Higgins Holt Hotham Indi Isaacs Jagajaga Kooyong Lalor La Trobe Mallee Maribyrnong McEwen McMillan Melbourne Melbourne Ports Menzies Murray Scullin Wannon Wills Abolished: Balaclava Bourke Burke (1949–55) Burke (1969–2004) Corinella (1901–06) Corinella (1990–96) Darebin Diamond Valley Echuca Fawkner Grampians Henty Higinbotham Hoddle Isaacs (1949–69) Laanecoorie Mernda Moira Northern Melbourne Scullin (1955–69) Southern Melbourne Streeton Wimmera Yarra

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