Guy Zangari
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Guy Zangari is an Australia
n politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party
member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
since March 2011, representing the electorate of Fairfield
.
Zangari was a teacher at various high schools in western Sydney for over 16 years. He spent over eight years teaching at Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield, and most recently was a Pastoral Care Coordinator
at Freeman Catholic College
in Bonnyrigg
.
On 18 November 2010, he was preselected unopposed for the seat of Fairfield to replace former minister and powerbroker Joe Tripodi who announced he would be quiting parliament at the next election. Zangari went onto win the safe Labor seat with a swing against the party of more than 18% during the Coalition's landslide win into office. He holds the seat by less than 1,300 votes.
He lives in Cecil Hills with his wife Melissa and four children.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
since March 2011, representing the electorate of Fairfield
Electoral district of Fairfield
Fairfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. Fairfield has historically been one of the safest Labor seats in New South Wales and is considered a part of Labor's heartland in Western Sydney...
.
Zangari was a teacher at various high schools in western Sydney for over 16 years. He spent over eight years teaching at Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield, and most recently was a Pastoral Care Coordinator
Pastoral care
Pastoral care is the ministry of care and counseling provided by pastors, chaplains and other religious leaders to members of their church or congregation, or to persons of all faiths and none within institutional settings. This can range anywhere from home visitation to formal counseling provided...
at Freeman Catholic College
Freeman Catholic College
Freeman Catholic College is a co-education, systemic Roman Catholic secondary school located in Bonnyrigg Heights, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
in Bonnyrigg
Bonnyrigg, New South Wales
Bonnyrigg is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bonnyrigg is located 36 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Fairfield and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....
.
On 18 November 2010, he was preselected unopposed for the seat of Fairfield to replace former minister and powerbroker Joe Tripodi who announced he would be quiting parliament at the next election. Zangari went onto win the safe Labor seat with a swing against the party of more than 18% during the Coalition's landslide win into office. He holds the seat by less than 1,300 votes.
He lives in Cecil Hills with his wife Melissa and four children.