Nancy Joy Baluch AM (10 October 1932 – 14 May 2013) was an Australian politician who served as Mayor of Port Augusta from 1981 to 1993 and from 1995 until her death.
She married Teofil Stefan Baluch, a Ukrainian who had been imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp in World War II, in 1954.
[2] Baluch became involved in local politics after her son, a severe asthmatic, was born and she became a campaigner for improved health services.
After becoming mayor in 1981, she led the successful effort to ban drinking in public places in Port Augusta.
[8] Baluch starred in a documentary by Dick Smith called Ten Bucks a Litre, released on 1 August 2013,[9] which included a dedication towards her at the end.