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 in Victoria, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1968
MP	Andrew Giles
Party	Labor
Namesake	James Scullin
Electors	110,539 (2016)
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, 2016: Scullin^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Andrew Giles	54,541	57.00	+6.74
	Liberal	Melanie Stockman	27,261	28.49	−0.65
	Greens	Rose Ljubicic	7,294	7.62	+0.13
	Animal Justice	John Matlen	3,387	3.54	+3.54
	Drug Law Reform	Adriana Buccianti	3,195	3.34	+3.34
Total formal votes			95,678	94.88	+1.31
Informal votes			5,164	5.12	−1.31
Turnout			100,842	91.23	−2.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	64,369	67.28	+2.93
	Liberal	Melanie Stockman	31,309	32.72	−2.93
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.93

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

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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