John Gazzola




































John Gazzola
President of the South Australian Legislative Council

In office
17 October 2012 – 5 May 2014
Preceded by Bob Sneath
Succeeded by Russell Wortley
Member of the South Australian Legislative Council

In office
9 February 2002 – 17 March 2018

Personal details
Born 1957 (age 60–61)
Political party Australian Labor Party (SA)
Occupation Trade union official

John Mario Gazzola (born 1957) is an Australian politician, and member of the South Australian Legislative Council for the Labor Party from 2002 to 2018. He was President of the Council from 2012 to 2014.[1]


From 2003 to 2012, Gazzola was a member of the South Australian Parliament's Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee.


Previous to entering politics, Gazzola was secretary of the Australian Services Union (SA).[2]


Gazzola announced in February 2017 that he would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.[3]



References





  1. ^ Russell Wortley gets nod for Legislative Council presidency in SA Parliament: ABC 29 April 2014


  2. ^ Mayne, Stephen (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". Crikey. Retrieved 28 April 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Labor Upper House MLC John Gazzola to retire from politics at next election: The Advertiser 14 February 2017




External links



  • Parliamentary Profile: SA Parliament website

  • Parliamentary Profile: SA Labor website










Parliament of South Australia
Preceded by
Bob Sneath

President of the
South Australian Legislative Council

2012–2014
Succeeded by
Russell Wortley









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