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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Scullin, Victoria
Named for: Rt Hon James Scullin (1876-1953), federal MP 1910-13,
1922-49, Prime Minister 1929-32
Northern Melbourne: Epping, Lalor, Mill Park, South Morang, Thomastown
State seats: Parts of
Bundoora,
Mill Park and
Thomastown
Local government areas: Parts of
Whittlesea
Borders with:
Calwell,
Cooper,
Jagajaga and
McEwen
Enrolment at 2019 election: 105,180
Enrolment at 2022 election: 108,670 (+03.3)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 56.3
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 53.4
Sitting member: Andrew Giles (Labor):
Elected 2013, 2016, 2019
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 20.8%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 22.3%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 14.3%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 17.3%
2019 Labor majority over Liberal: 21.7%
2019 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 21.7%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Very safe Labor
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Thomastown Meadows (83.2), Lalor North (82.8), Lalor South (82.3),
Thomastown (81.7), Thomastown West (80.7)
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Mernda (36.7), Blossom Park (36.5), Mernda South (35.8),
Grimshaw (34.0), Greenborough PPVC (33.7)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Patchouli Paterson
Australian Greens |
2. Ursula Van Bree
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
3. Eric Koelmeyer
Liberal Democrats |
4. Andrew Giles
Australian Labor Party |
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5. Yassin Albarri
United Australia Party |
6. Virosh Perera
Liberal Partty |
7. Cameron Rowe
Victorian Socialists |
Candidate websites:
Yassin Albarri
Andrew Giles
Eric Koelmeyer
Patchouli Paterson
Virosh Perera
Cameron Rowe
Ursula Van Bree
Division of Scullin
Scullin was created in 1969, when the old seat of
Darebin in the northern suburbs of Melbourne was renamed (there was an
earlier seat of
Scullin in a different part of Melbourne). The seat was originally based on Preston and Reservoir, but
successive redistribution have pushed it northwards so that now it contains none of its 1969 territory. It is a largely
working-class seat, with an above-average proportion of its workforce engaged in manufacturing, and also a high proportion
in non English speaking households. It is thus a multicultural, low-income mortgage-belt seat, with a high level of
young families with dependent children and dwellings being purchased in new suburbs such as Epping, Lalor and Mill
Park. This is
a very safe Labor seat, and was made safer by the 2018 redistribution. It has not been changed by the 2021 redistribution.
Scullin was represented by the Jenkins family for 44 years.
Dr Harry Jenkins was
Speaker of the House during the first Hawke government. His son
Harry Jenkins was Speaker in the Rudd-Gillard Government.
These are the only father-and-son Speakers in the Parliament's history. In 2012 Jenkins was told to resign as Speaker
so the government could instal the renegade Liberal
Peter Slipper. He retired in understandable disgust in 2013.
Andrew Giles, Labor MP for Scullin since 2013, was a lawyer with Slater and Gordon before his election, and has also
worked as an adviser to state ministers. Like Jenkins, he is a member of the Left faction of the Victorian ALP. The Liberal
candidate is Virosh Perera, whose occupation is not stated. The Greens candidate is Patchouli Paterson, who works for the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,434 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 13.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 57.7% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Italian 10.7%, Macedonian 5.2%, Indian 5.0%
Non-English-speaking households: 50.0% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 28.1% (Australia 22.6%)
Orthodox Christian 10.4%, Muslim 7.8%
No religion 20.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 18.9% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 27.3% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 29.1% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 40.6% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 21.8% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 44.6% (Australia 32.8%)
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