 He subsequently donated numerous items to the Papua New Guinea Museum.A right-wing conservative and supporter of Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith, Pasquarelli successfully contested the 1964 elections to the new House of Assembly, the first elections held in the territory under universal suffrage, becoming MHA for the Angoram constituency.He did not stand for re-election in 1968 after becoming disillusions by the lack of development in Sepik, and returned to Australia later the same year.