Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Biase D'Orazio (5 September 1955 – 11 April 2011) was a Western Australian politician. A pharmacist by trade, he served as mayor of the City of Bayswater from 1983 until 2000, then was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorate of Ballajura in 2001, where he served until 2008.Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party, D'Orazio briefly served as Minister for Police in the Carpenter Ministry, but was dumped in May 2006 following a series of personal controversies. In August, he was forced to resign from the party due to corruption allegations, and sat as an independent. He was readmitted to the party in June 2008, but resigned again two months later after failing to win preselection to recontest his seat. He subsequently contested the 2008 state election as an independent, but was unsuccessful.. }
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- John_D'Orazio abstract "John Biase D'Orazio (5 September 1955 – 11 April 2011) was a Western Australian politician. A pharmacist by trade, he served as mayor of the City of Bayswater from 1983 until 2000, then was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorate of Ballajura in 2001, where he served until 2008.Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party, D'Orazio briefly served as Minister for Police in the Carpenter Ministry, but was dumped in May 2006 following a series of personal controversies. In August, he was forced to resign from the party due to corruption allegations, and sat as an independent. He was readmitted to the party in June 2008, but resigned again two months later after failing to win preselection to recontest his seat. He subsequently contested the 2008 state election as an independent, but was unsuccessful.".