Donna Bauer

Donna Jane Hope (Bauer), born 4 October 1970,[1] is an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party as the member for Carrum in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014, having previously served as the Deputy Mayor of the City of Kingston.

Donna Hope (Bauer)
Donna Bauer with then-Victorian Premier Denis Napthine in 2014
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Carrum
In office
27 November 2010 – 29 November 2014
Preceded byJenny Lindell
Succeeded bySonya Kilkenny
ConstituencyCarrum
Personal details
Born (1970-10-04) 4 October 1970
Melbourne
Political partyLiberal Party
Children4
ResidenceSeaford, Victoria
EducationRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology
ProfessionPublic relations
Websitedonnabauer.com.au

Hope obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from RMIT and was previously employed as a Corporate Communications Consultant at the City of Greater Dandenong.[2] She is a bowel cancer survivor and current ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia,[3] former ambassador for Bully Zero Australia Foundation, and former board member of Frankston Business Network.[4]

Hope entered Parliament after defeating Jenny Lindell in the 2010 state election.[5]

While in Parliament, Hope embarked on the Kokoda trail in July 2013, initiating the ‘Bauer Kokoda Charity Challenge' and raised money for charities, Matt's Place and Pantry 5000.[6]

Hope narrowly lost the electorate of Carrum in the 2014 Victorian state election to Labor's Sonya Kilkenny[7] and unsuccessfully contested the same division in the 2018 Victorian state election.[8]

References
  1. "Donna Hope (Carrum)". Member database. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  2. "Donna Bauer". Liberal Victoria. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  3. "Donna Bauer - Bowel Cancer Australia". www.bowelcanceraustralia.org. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. "Donna Bauer - Hockingstuart". Hockingstuart. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  5. Barber, Dimity (28 November 2010). "Mordialloc and Carrum go to the Liberals". Mordialloc Chelsea Leader. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  6. "Donna Bauer". Vogue Entertainment. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. "Carrum - Victorian Election 2014 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  8. "Carrum - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".
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