1986 Scullin by-election

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|  | 8 February 1986 |

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Candidate  | Harry Jenkins | Domenic Cichello
Party  | Labor | Liberal
Popular vote  | 34,021 | 11,741
Percentage  | 66.3% | 22.9%
Swing  |  5.2pp  |  4.3pp
TPP | 73.2% | 26.8%
TPP swing  |  4.4pp  |  4.4pp

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| MP before election

Harry Jenkins Sr.
Labor

| Elected MP

Harry Jenkins
Labor

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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Scullin in Victoria (Australia) on 8 February 1986. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party MP and Speaker Harry Jenkins to become Australian Ambassador to Spain.

Scullin had always been a very safe Labor seat, and the election was won easily by Labor candidate Harry Jenkins (the former member's son), despite a swing to the Liberal Party.

## Candidates

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* Liberal Party of Australia - Domenic Cichello.
* Australian Democrats - Joseph Privitelli.
* Democratic Labor Party - John Mulholland. Mulholland had previously contested three federal elections and one by-election for the DLP.
* Australian Labor Party - Harry Jenkins, a public servant, son of the retiring member Harry Jenkins.
* Socialist Workers Party - Maurice Sibelle.

## Results

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Scullin by-election, 1986[1] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Harry Jenkins | 34,021  | 66.3  | −5.2
| Liberal | Domenic Cichello  | 11,741  | 22.9  | +4.3
| Democrats | Joseph Privitelli  | 3,727  | 7.3  | +0.6
| Socialist Workers | Maurice Sibelle  | 930  | 1.8  | +1.8
| Democratic Labor | John Mulholland  | 924  | 1.8  | −1.4
Total formal votes  | 51,343  | 93.9  |
Informal votes  | 3,318  | 6.1  |
Turnout | 54,661  | 87.5  |
Two-party-preferred result
| Labor | Harry Jenkins | 37,562  | 73.2  | −4.4
| Liberal | Dominic Cichello  | 13,770  | 26.8  | +4.4
| Labor hold | Swing | −4.4 |

## See also

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* List of Australian federal by-elections

## References

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1. ^ "By-Elections 1984-1987". Psephos.

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