Division of Scullin

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the previous electorate, see Division of Scullin (1955–1969).

Scullin Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Scullin in Victoria, as of the 2022 federal election
Created	1968
MP	Andrew Giles
Party	Labor
Namesake	James Scullin
Electors	108,670 (2022)
Area	116 km^2 (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, Wollert and Bundoora.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

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 generally garnered enough primary votes to win the seat outright, with the exception of the 1990 and 2022 elections.

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

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Scullin

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Victoria § Scullin.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Scullin^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Giles	42,147	46.25	−14.17
	Liberal	Virosh Perera	19,780	21.71	−0.60
	Greens	Patchouli Paterson	9,953	10.92	+4.25
	United Australia	Yassin Albarri	7,444	8.17	+3.13
	One Nation	Ursula van Bree	5,907	6.48	+6.48
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Koelmeyer	3,422	3.76	+3.76
	Victorian Socialists	Cameron Rowe	2,469	2.71	+2.71
Total formal votes			91,122	94.31	−0.47
Informal votes			5,494	5.69	+0.47
Turnout			96,616	88.98	−3.25
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Giles	59,761	65.58	−6.08
	Liberal	Virosh Perera	31,361	34.42	+6.08
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.08

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Scullin in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

References

1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
2. Scullin, VIC, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Scullin - Australian Electoral Commission

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