Sam Lim Becomes Australia's First Ever Dolphin Trainer Elected To Government
Labor candidate Sam Lim managed to flip the Perth seat of Tangney, becoming the first to do so in almost four decades.
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Labor candidate Sam Lim managed to flip the Perth seat of Tangney, becoming the first to do so in almost four decades.
A clip of newly elected MP for Tangney Sam Lim waxing lyrical about his love for dolphins and his dolphin training past has gone viral.
The Labor caucus will be notably more diverse, with the likely addition of six MPs from non-European, non-Indigenous backgrounds.
The highlight of Sam Lim’s career – until Saturday night when he ousted one of Scott Morrison’s closest advisers from what had been a safe Liberal seat – was his time working in Malaysia as a dolphin trainer.
In what marks another upset in the Coalition's WA bloodbath, Sam Lim is set to become the member for Tangney.