The Division of Scullin is an
Australian Electoral Division
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in the
state
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of
Victoria
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. It is located in the outer northern suburbs of
Melbourne
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, including
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,
Lalor
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,
Mill Park
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,
South Morang
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,
Thomastown
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, and
Bundoora
Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea local government areas. Bundoora recorded a population of 28,068 at the ...
.
Geography
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the
Australian Electoral Commission
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. 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.
History
The Division replaced the abolished
Division of Darebin
The Division of Darebin was an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The division was created in 1949, and was named for the Darebin Creek. It was located in the ...
at the redistribution of 21 November 1968. It was named after Rt Hon
James Scullin
James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was an Australian Labor Party politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Scullin led Labor to government at the 1929 Australian federal election. He was the first Catho ...
,
Prime Minister of Australia
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from 1929 to 1932. The Division has been a safe seat for the
Australian Labor Party
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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
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and
2022
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elections.
From 1969 to 2013, the seat was held by two generations of the Jenkins family.
Harry Jenkins Sr.
Henry Alfred Jenkins AM (24 September 1925 – 27 July 2004) was an Australian politician and medical doctor. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1985, including as Speak ...
was the
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
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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
Andrew James Giles (born 31 July 1973) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives since September 2013, representing the Division of Scullin, Victoria. He is currently the Minister for Imm ...
.
Members
Election results
References
External links
Division of Scullin - Australian Electoral Commission
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Electoral divisions of Australia
Constituencies established in 1969
1969 establishments in Australia
City of Whittlesea
Electoral districts and divisions of Greater Melbourne