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Pauline Hanson
Senate · One Nation
Biography
Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Queensland division of Oxley from 1996 to 1998. Born in Brisbane, Hanson worked in small businesses and was a councillor of Ipswich City Council, joining the Liberal Party in 1995. She was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the division of Oxley at the 1996 federal election, but was disendorsed by the party shortly before the election for her controversial comments about Aboriginal Australians. Hanson remained on the ballot paper as the Liberal candidate…
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- Date of birth
- 1954-05-27
- Place of birth
- Brisbane, Australia
- APH identifier
- BK6
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Tyron Whitten · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Sean Bell · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- David Farley · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Malcolm Roberts · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Barnaby Joyce · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 28 January 2026–presentLeader — of — One Nation
- 2 July 2019–27 October 2025Pauline Hanson's One Nation Whip — in the — Senate
- 2 July 2016–28 January 2026Leader — of the — Federal Parliamentary Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Committee service
- 19 September 2019–22 November 2021Joint Select — Australia's Family Law System — Deputy Chair
- 13 November 2017–6 December 2017Senate Select — Lending to Primary Production Customers — Chair
- 11 October 2016–18 June 2018Joint Standing — National Broadband Network
Qualifications
No qualification is listed.
Occupations
- 1 January 1978–1 January 1997Small business owner from 1978 to 1997.
- Date not recordedMother of four