John Gazzola

John Mario Gazzola (Italian: [ɡadˈdzɔːla]; born 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a 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]

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 67–68)
Political party	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Occupation	Trade union official

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 not stand for re-election and would retire from parliament after the 2018 South Australian state election.^[3]