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WA:Controversial former WA politician dies
AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2011
WA:Controversial former WA politician dies
PERTH, April 12 AAP - Controversial former West Australian MP and Bayswater mayor John
D'Orazio has died after a short illness that affected his heart.
The 55-year-old died during surgery at St John of God Hospital in Murdoch on Monday night.
He is survived by his wife Alisa, a son and a daughter.
Mrs D'Orazio confirmed on Tuesday that her husband had died during an operation.
"His heart failed apparently," she told ABC Radio.
"We're quite shocked, I think that is all I can say."
Mr D'Orazio became the Ballajura MLA in 2001 but was forced to resign from the Labor
Party in 2006 after a series of mishaps including revelations that he had been driving
without a licence for two months following a car accident in a ministerial vehicle.
He was also embroiled in controversy over a matter investigated by the state's corruption
watchdog.
Mr D'Orazio was called before the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) to explain
phone calls between himself and Pasquale Minniti, a panel beater who was allegedly using
his influence with WA Police officers to have speeding fines dropped.
Also in 2006, it was revealed that Mr D'Orazio was the man referred to at a 2005 CCC
hearing as the "godfather" who brokered a deal that led to disgraced former Stirling councillor
Adam Spagnolo facing his own corruption scandal.
Mr D'Orazio contested the 2008 state election as an independent for the seat of Morley
but was defeated by Liberal candidate Ian Britza.
He then returned to the pharmaceutical industry.
WA shadow attorney-general John Quigley told reporters on Tuesday that Mr D'Orazio
"got a very unfair deal towards the end of his public life".
"He was totally exonerated by the CCC, as we all know, but that didn't do much to relieve
the injustice that he was subjected to," he said.
Fellow Labor member and friend Michelle Roberts said Mr D'Orazio was a "very generous,
caring (and) compassionate man".
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