Sam Duluk was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 2015 to 2022, representing Davenport until 2018 and then Waite.
10 Facts About Sam Duluk
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Sam Duluk was formerly a Liberal, but resigned to sit as an independent in 2020 after allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
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Sam Duluk ran in the 2022 South Australian state election as an independent but came in third place.
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Since retiring from the parliament, Duluk has worked as a political lobbyist.
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Sam Duluk was born in the Victorian city of Mildura, and is descended from post-war migrants from Poland.
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Sam Duluk was raised in Adelaide and educated at Marryatville High School, then graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Adelaide, working as an accountant in the banking industry.
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Sam Duluk was state president of the South Australian Young Liberal Movement.
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Sam Duluk won Davenport at a 2015 by-election, despite a five percent two-party-preferred swing against him, which turned the historically safe Liberal seat of Davenport in to a marginal one for the first time.
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Sam Duluk subsequently announced that he would take leave from parliament and suspend his membership of the party while the matter was under investigation.
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Sam Duluk apologised in parliament for his behaviour and said he was seeking help in combating an alcohol problem.