Florida 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. 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[1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Harry Jenkins 34,021 66.3 -5.2 Liberal Domenic Cichello 11,741 22.9 +4.3 Democrats Joseph Privitelli 3,727 7.3 +0.6 Socialist Workers Maurice Sibelle 930 1.8 +1.8 Democratic Labor John Mulholland 924 1.8 -1.4 Total formal votes 51,343 93.9 Informal votes 3,318 6.1 Turnout 54,661 87.5 Two-party-preferred result Labor Harry Jenkins 37,562 73.2 -4.4 Liberal Dominic Cichello 13,770 26.8 +4.4 Labor hold Swing -4.4 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References ^ "By-Elections 1984-1987". Psephos. By-elections of the 34th Parliament of Australia (1984–1987)1986 Scullin 1st (1901–1903) 2nd (1903–1906) 3rd (1906–1910) 4th (1910–1913) 5th (1913–1914) 6th (1914–1917) 7th (1917–1919) 8th (1919–1922) 9th (1922–1925) 10th (1925–1928) 11th (1928–1929) 12th (1929–1931) 13th (1931–1934) 14th (1934–1937) 15th (1937–1940) 16th (1940–1943) 17th (1943–1946) 18th (1946–1949) 19th (1949–1951) 20th (1951–1954) 21st (1954–1955) 22nd (1955–1958) 23rd (1958–1961) 24th (1961–1963) 25th (1963–1966) 26th (1966–1969) 27th (1969–1972) 28th (1972–1974) 29th (1974–1975) 30th (1975–1977) 31st (1977–1980) 32nd (1980–1983) 33rd (1983–1984) 34th (1984–1987) 35th (1987–1990) 36th (1990–1993) 37th (1993–1996) 38th (1996–1998) 39th (1998–2001) 40th (2001–2004) 41st (2004–2007) 42nd (2007–2010) 43rd (2010–2013) 44th (2013–2016) 45th (2016–2019) 46th (2019–2022) 47th (2022–present)