Sam Lim

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Sam Lim's unlikely rise from dolphin trainer to federal Tangney MP (ABC News)

Meet Sam Lim, whose unlikely election victory over Scott Morison's close friend and adviser Ben Morton in the Perth seat of Tangney came as a bolt out of the ...

"Dolphins never hurt you. "When I had to fight to win this seat, I utilised all that determination that I gained in the first 15 years of my life and I achieved it." "So we had to struggle for the first 15 years of my life," he said.

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The surprising job new WA Labor MP had before politics (9News)

In what marks another upset in the Coalition's WA bloodbath, Sam Lim is set to become the member for Tangney.

"So we had to struggle, the first fifteen years of my life, but that 15 years built me up to today". "So we had to struggle, the first fifteen years of my life, but that 15 years built me up to today". "But yet we feel very happy they are back to their home."

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Muar-born former cop Sam Lim is elected an Australian MP (Free Malaysia Today)

He won his seat by a 9.5% margin in "an unlikely result" in Western Australia as the Labor party triumphed in Australia's federal elections.

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Malaysian-born former dolphin trainer wins Tangney MP seat in ... (The Star Online)

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian-born Sam Lim, 60, pulled a surprise win for the Australian Labour Party for the seat of Tangney on Sunday (May 22).

Lim cited that his time working as a dolphin trainer in Malaysia was the "best job ever". According to Australia's ABC News, the Johor-born Lim said that he grew up in a "very poor family." On his unexpected win, Lim said "There is a big challenge for me to do better and I hope the Labor Party can be there for the next 45 years."

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Ex-M'sian cop turned dolphin trainer elected as Aussie MP (Malaysiakini)

Former Royal Malaysia Police constable Sam Lim, 60, who served in the force for two years in the 1980s and later became a dolphin trainer, has been elected ...

"I was born in a very poor family. Former Royal Malaysia Police constable Sam Lim, 60, who served in the force for two years in the 1980s and later became a dolphin trainer, has been elected as an MP in Australia.

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'Best job ever': Dolphin trainer flips seat of Tangney in Perth (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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 ...

No power, no running water and the floor was “just earth”. The dolphin will come to you and try to comfort you. They just can feel you.”

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Ex-Malaysian cop turned dolphin trainer elected as Australian MP (Malay Mail)

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — A former Malaysian policeman who later turned to training dolphins has been elected as an Australian member of Parliament after ...

After losing his job as a dolphin trainer, Lim turned to business and attributes this success to being able to migrate his family to Australia in 2002 with his wife and three children and joined Western Australia’s Police Academy in 2006. He was awarded Police Officer of the Year in 2020 for his work with multicultural communities during the Covid-19 pandemic. “That was the worst part of my career at that time, but we got to say goodbye to them.

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