Pauline Hanson Biography: Is She Indigenous? Find Out If She Is A Racist, Ethnicity & Husband

Hanson was born in Woolloongabba, Queensland, on May 27, 1954. She was the sixth of John Alfred Seccombe’s and Hannorah Alousius Mary Seccombe’s seven children. From a young age, Hanson and her siblings worked at the Ipswich, Queensland, fish and chip store owned by Jack and Norah Seccombe, making meals and receiving orders. When she was older, she helped her parents with financial tasks, including sales ledger and bookkeeping.

She first entered politics in 1994 as a member of her state’s Ipswich City Council. She joined the Australian Liberal Party in 1995, and at the federal election in 1996, she was already chosen to represent Brisbane’s Division of Oxley.

Before co-founding One Nation in 1997 and becoming its sole MP, Hanson won the election and was sworn in as an independent. In 2002, she was dismissed from One Nation. After rejoining One Nation in 2013, Hanson rose to the position of leader again in 2014.

Although she lost the state election for Queensland by a razor-thin margin in 2015, she and three other party members were elected to the Senate in the 2016 federal election. In the 2022 federal election, she was re-elected.