Jim Samios

James Miltiades Samios (10 September 1933 – 20 July 2011) was an Australian politician.

Born in Brisbane, Queensland, he was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.

[1] Samios became a lawyer in Brisbane and a member of the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department, which took him to Canberra and then Sydney.

[2] A member of the Liberal Party, Samios was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1984.

He was a parliamentary secretary from 1988 until 1995 (when the Liberal-National Coalition lost power to the Labor Party).