Joe Scalzi
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Joe Scalzi is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1993 and 2006, representing the electorate of Hartley.
Scalzi was a high school teacher before entering parliament. 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% swing at the 1997 election reducing him to a margin of 0.7%. At the 2002 election, Scalzi had to defend the most marginal Liberal seat in the state, but managed to increase his margin to 1.3%.
Scalzi lost his seat in the 2006 election landslide to the ALP. This now gives newly elected member for Hartley, Grace Portolesi, a margin of 4.6%[1]
After his loss he returned to work as a high school teacher at Glenunga International High School where he teaches SOSE.
