John Mario Gazzola (; born 1957) is an Australian politician, and member of the

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for the Labor Party from 2002 to 2018. He was President of the Council from 2012 to 2014. 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

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(SA). Gazzola announced in February 2017 that he would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.Labor Upper House MLC John Gazzola to retire from politics at next election: The Advertiser 14 February 2017
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Parliamentary Profile: SA Labor website
1957 births Living people Members of the South Australian Legislative Council Presidents of the South Australian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia Australian trade unionists Australian politicians of Italian descent Labor Left politicians 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub