John D'Orazio

Infobox MLA | name =John D'Orazio


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nationality =Australian
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term_start =10 February 2001
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predecessor =Rhonda Parker
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birth_date =Birth date and age|1955|9|5|mf=y
birth_place =Perth Western Australia
constituency =Ballajura
party =Australian Labor Party now Independent
spouse =Ailsa D'Orazio
profession =Politician
education =BSc.(Pharm) MPS
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John Biase D'Orazio (born 5 September 1955 in Perth, Western Australia) is a Western Australian politician, having served as mayor of the City of Bayswater (1983-2000) before being elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Ballajura in the 2001 election representing the Australian Labor Party, and then as an Independent since 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/D'Orazio,+John+Biase?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-04] [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/ball.htm|title=ABC News Onine-Western Australian Electon 2005|year=2005|accessdate=2008-06-06]

He is married to Ailsa and they have two children; Greg and Jessica D'Orazio.

Appointed as minister of justice and small business in 2005, he was then given the the portfolios for police, emergency services, justice and community safety in February 2006.

In May 2006 D'Orazio was stripped of his portfolios after it was revealed that he had been driving for two months without a licence after he had had a car accident in a ministerial vehicle [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1634291.htm|title=ABC - The world today- WA Minister demoted over suspended licence|year=2006|accessdate=2008-06-07] . He had lost his licence after failing to pay several speeding fines [cite web|url=http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/garyhughes/index.php/theaustralian/comments/yes_minister/|title=The Australian - Yes Minister|year=2006|accessdate=2008-06-07] He was forced to resign from the Party as a result.

By August 2006, D'Orazio was caught up in a corruption investigation and had to front the Corruption and Crime Commission to explain phone calls between himself and Pasquale Minniti, who allegedly was using his influence with officers in the Western Australian Police force to have speeding fines dropped. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1723851.htm|title=ABC AM - Transcript - Former police minister appears before crime commission|year=2006|accessdate=2008-06-08] [cite web|url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=4433|title=D’Orazio filmed meeting Minniti|year=2006|accessdate=2008-06-08]

D'Orazio won a stoush to rejoin the Labor Party in April 2008 when the Party decided it was better to accept his membership that endure a costly legal battle. [cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23547075-5006789,00.html|title=John D'Orazio wins fight to rejoin West Australian ALP|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-28] After losing preselection for the seat of Morley to new Labor party member, Reece Whitby, D'Orazio quit the ALP in June 2008 and announced his decision to contest the seat of Morley as an independent. [cite web|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23929409-5013945,00.html|title=The Australian - John D'Orazio quits Labor party ... again|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-28] [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/26/2286936.htm|title=ABCNews - D'Orazio quits Labor Party |year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-28]

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