Donna Jane Bauer is an Australian politician, and has been the member for Carrum

Electoral district of Carrum

The Electoral district of Carrum is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies in the south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, covering Aspendale, Carrum, Chelsea, Edithvale and Patterson Lakes....

 in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

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 since 2010. She was Deputy Mayor of the City of Kingston

City of Kingston

The City of Kingston is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, its northern boundary lying approximately 15 km from the Melbourne city centre along the north-eastern shorelines of Port Phillip...

 before defeating Jenny Lindell

Jenny Lindell

Jennifer Margaret "Jenny" Lindell is an Australian politician and former Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly....

 in the 2010 state election

Victorian state election, 2010

The 2010 Victorian state election was held on 27 November. The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government, led by John Brumby, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition, led by Ted Baillieu....

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Bauer obtained a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in Public Relations

Public relations

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 from RMIT

RMIT University

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 and has worked as Corporate Communications Consultant for the City of Greater Dandenong

City of Greater Dandenong

The City of Greater Dandenong is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia located in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne. It has an area of 130 square kilometres and has a estimated population of 137,600 people....

. She is married to Richard and has four children, and lives on the Tidal Canal in Patterson Lakes.