Tony Zappia

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Antonio "Tony" Zappia (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 13 June 1952) is an Australian politician and former powerlifting champion. He has been an Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Makin in South Australia since the 2007 election.

Early life

Born in Platì, Italy, as a child Zappia moved with his family to Pooraka, where he attended primary school and Enfield High School. From 1969 he worked for ANZ Bank. From 1976 to 1980, Zappia was employed as a research officer to Senator Jim Cavanagh. Zappia was Mayor of the City of Salisbury from 1997 to 2007 and a Councillor from 1977.[1][2][3][4][5]

Zappia has run three fitness centres. Zappia has also won ten National Championships in powerlifting.[6]

Parliament

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Zappia with Kelvin Thomson (centre) and Andrew Giles (right) in Parliament house in 2014

From Makin's creation ahead of the 1984 election, the seat was always marginal and held by the party of government, often typical of mortgage belt seats. However, Zappia defeated Liberal candidate Bob Day at the 2007 election with a 57.7 percent two-party vote from an 8.6-point two-party swing as Labor won government, the largest two-party vote and swing of any party in Makin's history at the time, and was also the first time a Makin candidate won a majority of the primary vote. At the 2010 election, Zappia technically made it a safe Labor seat with a 62.2 percent two-party vote, again becoming the largest of any party in Makin's history. Zappia held the seat at the 2013 election with a reduced 55.1 percent two-party vote even as Labor lost government, albeit still the largest two-party vote, aside from 2010 and 2007, of any party in Makin's history. No longer a bellwether for the first time, Zappia became the first opposition member in the seat's history.

In September 2023, Zappia joined a cross-party delegation of Australian MPs to Washington, D.C., to lobby the U.S. Department of Justice to abandon its attempts to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange from the United Kingdom. The other members were Alex Antic, Barnaby Joyce, Monique Ryan, David Shoebridge, and Peter Whish-Wilson.[7]

Personal life

Zappia lives in Pooraka with his wife Vicki and has three children.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 7 July 1977
  2. ↑ City of Salisbury - New Acting Mayor for Salisbury
  3. ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 11 May 1995
  4. ↑ a b Tony Zappia profile: ALP
  5. ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 3 April 1997
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