John Pasquarelli

John Pasquarelli (born 15 February 1937) is an Australian former politician. He served as a member of the House of Assembly of Papua and New Guinea from 1964 to 1968, and as an advisor to One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Biography Born in 1937, Pasquarelli was educated at Ballarat Grammar School before studying law at the University of Queensland. He worked in the opal fields at Coober Pedy for a year, before becoming a cadet patrol officer in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in 1961.

In December 1996, he was sacked by Hanson, which he blamed on David Oldfield. Pasquarelli subsequently became a prominent commentator on Hanson and her One Nation party. Though he was vehemently critical of Oldfield and other One Nation figures, he remained supportive of Hanson personally. In 1998, he published a book about his experience with Hanson, The Pauline Hanson Story: By the Man Who Knows.

Pasquarelli ran as an independent in Bendigo in the 2001 elections, but finished eighth out of nine candidates with 1,073 votes. In 2017, he worked for Liberal National Party MP George Christensen as an advisor.