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Labor SA House of Assembly

# Joe Szakacs

Member for [Cheltenham](https://politics.computer/seats/sa/cheltenham), [Labor](https://politics.computer/party/labor) 

About

## About Joe Szakacs

Joe Szakacs is a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly for the electoral district of Cheltenham. He has served as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in the second Malinauskas ministry since March 2026\. He is also a former trade unionist.

First elected

9 February 2019, Cheltenham by-election

Previous seat

Replaced former premier Jay Weatherill at Cheltenham

Born

Adelaide, to a Hungarian father and Australian mother

Education

St Michael's College, Adelaide; law at Flinders University

Ministerial role

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, second Malinauskas ministry

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%5FSzakacs), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

Ads

## What Joe Szakacs spends on ads

Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library.

We follow Joe Szakacs's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet.

[See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=2202844676706372) 

## Other Labor members of the SA House of Assembly

[Labor spending](https://politics.computer/party/labor) 

- [ **Alex Dighton** Labor, Black ](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-dighton)
- [ **Alice Rolls** Labor, Unley ](https://politics.computer/mp/alice-rolls)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aria_Bolkus_at_Women_in_Politics_event_(028A9577).jpg?width=96)**Aria Bolkus** Labor, Colton ](https://politics.computer/mp/aria-bolkus)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Minister_for_Education%2C_Training_and_Skills_Blair_Ingram_Boyer.jpg?width=96)**Blair Boyer** Labor, Wright ](https://politics.computer/mp/blair-boyer)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catherine_Hutchesson_MP.jpg?width=96)**Catherine Hutchesson** Labor, Waite ](https://politics.computer/mp/catherine-hutchesson)
- [ **Cheyne Rich** Labor, Port Adelaide ](https://politics.computer/mp/cheyne-rich)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Picton_at_the_2026_ANZAC_Day_Dawn_Service_at_the_National_War_Memorial%2C_Adelaide_(028A2333).jpg?width=96)**Chris Picton** Labor, Kaurna ](https://politics.computer/mp/chris-picton)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cressida_O'Hanlon_MP.jpg?width=96)**Cressida O'Hanlon** Labor, Dunstan ](https://politics.computer/mp/cressida-ohanlon)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Hughes_speaks_at_an_event_in_Hindmarsh%2C_South_Australia_2016.jpg?width=96)**Eddie Hughes** Labor, Giles ](https://politics.computer/mp/eddie-hughes)
- [ **Ella Shaw** Labor, Elizabeth ](https://politics.computer/mp/ella-shaw)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erin_Thompson_at_the_2026_Australian_Labor_Party_National_Conference_(028A9041)_-_no_pin.jpg?width=96)**Erin Thompson** Labor, Davenport ](https://politics.computer/mp/erin-thompson)
- [ **James Agness** Labor, Light ](https://politics.computer/mp/james-agness)

Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe%5FSzakacs%5Fat%5Fthe%5FRemembrance%5FDay%5Fat%5Fthe%5FNational%5FWar%5FMemorial%5F%28South%5FAustralia%29%5F2025%5F-%5F05.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the SA House of Assembly on 11 November 2026\.

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