Tom Koutsantonis

Anastasious "Tom" Koutsantonis (born 23 August 1971) is an Australian politician in the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, representing the seats of West Torrens (2002−current) and Peake (1997−2002) as a Labor member in the South Australian House of Assembly. He formerly served as Treasurer of South Australia in the Weatherill cabinet.

The Honourable Tom Koutsantonis MP
Treasurer of South Australia
In office 26 March 2014 – 19 March 2018
Premier	Jay Weatherill
Preceded by	Jay Weatherill
Succeeded by	Rob Lucas
Member of the South Australian Parliament for West Torrens
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 February 2002
Member of the South Australian Parliament for Peake
In office 11 October 1997 – 9 February 2002
Preceded by	Heini Becker
Succeeded by	District abolished
Personal details
Born	Anastasious Koutsantonis 23 August 1971 Woodville, South Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Spouse(s)	Anthea
Religion	Greek Orthodox

Background

A Greek-Australian, Koutsantonis was born in Adelaide and attended Netley Primary School and Adelaide High School. As a student at the University of Adelaide he became involved in Australian Young Labor, drove taxis and went on to run a small business before becoming an industrial officer for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA).[1]

Parliament

Koutsantonis was elected to the seat of Peake (now West Torrens) at the 1997 election on a margin of 4.5 points, then by 8.6 points at the 2002 election, and by 18.3 points at the 2006 election, after which Koutsantonis was elevated to the chairmanship of the economic and advisory committee.

In 2009, he was appointed to cabinet;[2] Koutsantonis has served in a range of ministerial portfolios with responsibility for finance, state development, mineral resources and energy, small business, ministerial resources and energy, and for road safety,[3] where Koutsantonis was forced to apologise for his "unacceptable" driving record which listed 58 traffic offences and over $10,000 in fines. He subsequently resigned the portfolio.[4]

References

1. Mayne, Stephen (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". Crikey. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
2. "Caica gets agriculture in SA reshuffle". ABC News. Australia. 3 March 2009.
3. Cabinet of South Australia: Premier.sa.gov.au Archived 21 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Road Safety Minister quits over traffic offences". ABC News. Australia. 20 April 2009.

External links

• Parliamentary Profile: SA Parliament website
• Parliamentary Profile: SA Labor website