1986 Scullin by-election
Introduction 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
See also * List of Australian federal by-elections
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