Rick Mazza | |
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Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia | |
In office 22 May 2013 –21 May 2021 | |
Constituency | Agricultural Region |
Personal details | |
Born | Bunbury,Western Australia,Australia | 17 February 1961
Political party | Shooters,Fishers and Farmers [lower-alpha 1] |
Website | rickmazza |
Ricky John Mazza (born 17 February 1961) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 2013 to 2021,representing Agricultural Region. He is a member of the Shooters,Fishers and Farmers Party, [lower-alpha 1] and was the first member of the party to be elected to parliament in Western Australia.
Mazza was born in Bunbury,Western Australia,to Carol and Gino Mazza. [2] His father was born in southern Italy,while his mother was a fifth-generation Australian. Mazza spent most of his childhood in Bunbury,also living for periods in Harvey and Northam. After completing an apprenticeship,he spent several years in the mining industry in the South West,working on heavy machinery. At the age of 21,with the money he earned,Mazza was able to open a small service station. However,he sold the service station after two years to enter the real estate industry. He remained in real estate until 2006,when he and his wife retired to a farm in Rocky Gully. [3] Mazza was elected to parliament at the 2013 state election,as one of six members for Agricultural Region. [4] He is a member of various standing committees,and from May 2015 to May 2016 chaired a select committee into the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA),which concluded that the organisation required both more funding and greater oversight of its operations. [5]
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