1986 Scullin by-election

April 2022 June 2023 Victoria parliamentary no 8 February 1986 150x150px Harry Jenkins Australian Labor Party 34,021 66.3% 5.2pp 150x150px Domenic Cichello Liberal Party of Australia 11,741 22.9% 4.3pp TPP TPP swing 73.2% 4.4pp 26.8% 4.4pp MP Harry Jenkins Sr. Australian Labor Party Harry Jenkins Australian Labor Party 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 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 Scullin by-election, 1986 By-Elections 1984-1987 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1984/1984repsby.txt Harry Jenkins Labor 34,021 66.3 -5.2 Domenic Cichello Liberal 11,741 22.9 +4.3 Joseph Privitelli Democrats 3,727 7.3 +0.6 Maurice Sibelle Socialist Workers 930 1.8 +1.8 John Mulholland Democratic Labor 924 1.8 -1.4 51,343 93.9 3,318 6.1 54,661 87.5 Labor Harry Jenkins 37,562 73.2 -4.4 Liberal Dominic Cichello 13,770 26.8 +4.4 Labor -4.4 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Scullin by-election Category:Victorian federal by-elections Scullin by-election, 1986 Scullin by-election