1986 Scullin by-election

1986 Scullin by-election
8 February 1986
  First party Second party
 
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
MP before election

Harry Jenkins Sr.
Labor

 Elected MP

Harry Jenkins
Labor

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.

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