Pauline Hanson

About Pauline Hanson

Pauline's United Australia Party, a one-time Independent and former member of the Australian Liberal and One Nation parties, was founded in 2007 by this woman known for her fluctuating political allegiances. She was a member of the Australian Parliament for Oxley in the late 1990s.

Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party. She has been a Senator for Queensland since 2016. Hanson ran a fish and chip shop before entering politics as a member of Ipswich City Council in 1994. She joined the Liberal Party of Australia in 1995 and was preselected for the Division of Oxley at the 1996 federal election. She was disendorsed shortly before the election after controversial comments about Indigenous Australians, but remained listed as a Liberal on the ballot paper. Hanson won the election and took her seat as an independent, before co-founding One Nation in 1997 and becoming its only MP. She attempted to switch to the Division of Blair at the 1998 federal election but was unsuccessful. After her defeat in 1998, Hanson contested several state and federal elections as the leader of One Nation, as the leader of Pauline Hanson's United Australia Party and as an independent.

Political party	Pauline Hanson's One Nation (1997–2002, 2013–present)
Occupation	Catering service director, (Marsden Hanson Pty Ltd), Administrative clerk, (Taylors Elliotts Ltd)
Education	Buranda Girls' School, Coorparoo State School
Residence	Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia
Profession	Politician
Other political affiliations	Independent (before 1994, 1996–1997, 2010–2013), Liberal (1994–1996), Pauline Hanson's United Australia (2007–2010)
Born	Pauline Lee Seccombe, May 27, 1954, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia

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Trivia

Convicted in 2003 of election fraud, she was later acquitted of this charge.

Pauline Hanson before fame

She was a councillor in Queensland's City of Ipswich before becoming a Member of Parliament.

Achievement of Pauline Hanson

She was convicted of election fraud in 2003, but was later acquitted.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Pauline Hanson family life

She married Walter Zagorski and then Mark Hanson after she was born Pauline Seccombe. Untamed and Unashamed, her autobiography, was published in 2007.

Associations of Pauline Hanson

Frequently criticized for her alleged, racially prejudiced statements against Australian Aboriginals and other ethnic groups, she was presented with past examples of her racism during a televised interview with Enough Rope host Andrew Denton.

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