Tony Zappia

Tony Zappia MP
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Member of the Australian Parliament for Makin
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2007
Preceded by	Trish Draper
Majority	5.06%
Personal details
Born	(1952-06-13) 13 June 1952 Platì, Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Residence	Pooraka, South Australia
Occupation	Businessman, athlete

Antonio "Tony" Zappia (born 13 June 1952) is a ten-time Australian powerlifting champion and the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Makin in South Australia since the 2007 election.

Background

Zappia was Mayor of the City of Salisbury from 1997 to 2008, and has run three fitness centres. Zappia has also won ten National Championships in powerlifting.

Parliament

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 percent 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.

External links

• Search or browse Hansard for Tony Zappia at OpenAustralia.org

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Trish Draper	Member for Makin 2007–present	Incumbent