The Division of Scullin is an Australian Electoral Division in the state

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 of Victoria

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. It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne

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, including Epping

Epping, Victoria

Epping is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

, Lalor

Lalor, Victoria

Lalor is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north of Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census the suburb had a population of 19,561...

, Bundoora

Bundoora, Victoria

Bundoora is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 km north from the Melbourne central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule, Darebin and Whittlesea. At the 2006 Census, Bundoora had a population of 24,018....

, Mill Park

Mill Park, Victoria

Mill Park is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

 and Plenty

Plenty, Victoria

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.

The Division replaced the abolished Division of Darebin

Division of Darebin

The Division of Darebin was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949 and abolished in 1969, and was named for the Darebin Creek. It was located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, including Heidelberg, Preston, Reservoir and Thornbury. It was a fairly safe...

 at the redistribution of 21 November 1968. It was named after Rt Hon James Scullin

James Scullin

James Henry Scullin , Australian Labor politician and the ninth Prime Minister of Australia. Two days after he was sworn in as Prime Minister, the Wall Street Crash of 1929 occurred, marking the beginning of the Great Depression and subsequent Great Depression in Australia.-Early life:Scullin was...

, the ninth Prime Minister of Australia

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. The Division has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party

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 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

Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

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 from 1983 to 1986. His son Harry was Deputy Speaker from 1993–1996, second Deputy Speaker from 1996–2007 and was Speaker from 2007 until 2011.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Harry Jenkins, Sr.	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1969 Australian federal election, 1969 Federal elections were held in Australia on 25 October 1969. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Gorton with coalition partner the Country Party led by John McEwen defeated the Australian... –1986
	Harry Jenkins Harry Jenkins Henry Alfred "Harry" Jenkins , an Australian politician, is a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Division of Scullin, Victoria, since the 1986 by-election for the Australian Labor Party...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1986 Scullin by-election, 1986 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Scullin on 8 February 1986. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party MP and Speaker Harry Jenkins to become Australian Ambassador to Spain.... –present

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