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He was also one of a small number of Liberals to support a bill the cut the number of [[Slot machine|pokies]] in [[South Australia]] by 20 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fol.org.au/issues/docs/focus-sa-200409.htm |title=Festival of Light - Focus magazine article - September 2004 |access-date=2007-04-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204013117/http://www.fol.org.au/issues/docs/focus-sa-200409.htm |archive-date= 4 December 2008 }}</ref> |
He was also one of a small number of Liberals to support a bill the cut the number of [[Slot machine|pokies]] in [[South Australia]] by 20 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fol.org.au/issues/docs/focus-sa-200409.htm |title=Festival of Light - Focus magazine article - September 2004 |access-date=2007-04-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204013117/http://www.fol.org.au/issues/docs/focus-sa-200409.htm |archive-date= 4 December 2008 }}</ref> |
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Scalzi lost his seat in the [[2006 South Australian state election|2006 election]] landslide to the [[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|ALP]], giving his Labor opponent [[Grace Portolesi]] a 4.6 percent margin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Labor 'flood' drowns Hartley MP|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-03-18/labor-flood-drowns-hartley-mp/821746|newspaper=ABC News|date=18 March 2006}}</ref> He failed to regain the seat at the [[2010 South Australian state election|2010 election]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowe|first=William|title=Rann's approval takes a caning as Libs firm in SA election market|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/ranns-approval-takes-a-caning-as-libs-firm-in-sa-election-market/|newspaper=Crikey|date=9 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Antony|title=Hartley - 2010 South Australian Election|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/hart.htm|publisher=ABC News|date=29 March 2010}}</ref> and lost Liberal preselection in Hartley for the [[2014 South Australian state election|2014 election]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nankervis|first=David|title=Redmond no-show at pre-selection vote for Hartley electorate|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/redmond-no-show-at-pre-selection-vote-for-hartley-electorate/story-fndo4dzn-1226499886023|newspaper=Adelaide Now|date=21 October 2012}}</ref> |
Scalzi lost his seat in the [[2006 South Australian state election|2006 election]] landslide to the [[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|ALP]], giving his Labor opponent [[Grace Portolesi]] a 4.6 percent margin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Labor 'flood' drowns Hartley MP|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-03-18/labor-flood-drowns-hartley-mp/821746|newspaper=ABC News|date=18 March 2006}}</ref> He failed to regain the seat at the [[2010 South Australian state election|2010 election]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Bowe|first=William|title=Rann's approval takes a caning as Libs firm in SA election market|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/ranns-approval-takes-a-caning-as-libs-firm-in-sa-election-market/|newspaper=Crikey|date=9 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Antony|title=Hartley - 2010 South Australian Election|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2010/guide/hart.htm|publisher=ABC News|date=29 March 2010}}</ref> and lost Liberal preselection in Hartley to [[Vincent Tarzia]] for the [[2014 South Australian state election|2014 election]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Nankervis|first=David|title=Redmond no-show at pre-selection vote for Hartley electorate|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/redmond-no-show-at-pre-selection-vote-for-hartley-electorate/story-fndo4dzn-1226499886023|newspaper=Adelaide Now|date=21 October 2012}}</ref> |
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==After politics== |
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Revision as of 04:20, 20 April 2022
Giuseppe "Joe" Scalzi (born 4 July 1951) is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1993 and 2006, representing the electorate of Hartley.
Early life
Scalzi was a high school teacher before entering parliament.
Political career
In 1993, he was elected amidst the Liberal landslide victory that year, which saw Dean Brown become Premier. Scalzi very narrowly retained his seat despite an 11.7 percent swing at the 1997 election reducing him to a margin of 0.7 percent.
Joe Scalzi was a member of the public works committee that in 2001, made the deeply unpopular decision to sell the Payneham Civic Centre to JPMorgan Chase[1] whereupon it was demolished and the land was used as the site for offices for financial services despite protests by residents.[2]
At the 2002 election, Scalzi had to defend the most marginal Liberal seat in the state,[3] but managed to increase his margin to 1.3 percent.[4]
Despite this Scalzi remained a "fairly low-key figure" only obtaining a position as a parliamentary secretary in April 2004 when he became secretary for training.[5]
He was also one of a small number of Liberals to support a bill the cut the number of pokies in South Australia by 20 percent.[6]
Scalzi lost his seat in the 2006 election landslide to the ALP, giving his Labor opponent Grace Portolesi a 4.6 percent margin.[7] He failed to regain the seat at the 2010 election[8][9] and lost Liberal preselection in Hartley to Vincent Tarzia for the 2014 election.[10]
After politics
From 2006 Scalzi returned to work as a high school teacher, teaching History, SOSE and Italian at Valley View Secondary School and at Glenunga International High School.
His son, Joel Scalzi, was a contestant on the 2007 season of Big Brother.[11] When asked how far his son would make it on Big Brother he replied, in reference to his own short stature "I always knew my son would make it on to the shortlist".
References
- ^ "J P MORGAN CHASE & CO REGIONAL HUB BUILDING – STAGE ONE - FINAL REPORT" (PDF). Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 15 April 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ ABC News December 2001 [dead link]
- ^ Parker, Lachlan (11 February 2002). "SA election result still unknown". ABC AM.
- ^ Green, Antony (20 April 2006). "SA Election 2006 - Hartley". ABC News.
- ^ "Poll Bludger SA 2006 Hartley". Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Festival of Light - Focus magazine article - September 2004". Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Labor 'flood' drowns Hartley MP". ABC News. 18 March 2006.
- ^ Bowe, William (9 March 2010). "Rann's approval takes a caning as Libs firm in SA election market". Crikey.
- ^ Green, Antony (29 March 2010). "Hartley - 2010 South Australian Election". ABC News.
- ^ Nankervis, David (21 October 2012). "Redmond no-show at pre-selection vote for Hartley electorate". Adelaide Now.
- ^ Forrest, Leith (21 April 2007). "Ex MP's son is BB hopeful". The Advertiser.
External links
- "Analysis of 2006 election in Hartley". Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
- "Analysis of 2010 election in Hartley". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Parliament Profile