Donna Jane Hope (Bauer), born 4 October 1970, is an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party as the member for Carrum in the

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from 2010 to 2014, having previously served as the Deputy Mayor of the

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. Hope obtained a

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from RMIT and was previously employed as a Corporate Communications Consultant at the City of Greater Dandenong. She is a bowel cancer survivor and current ambassador for Bowel Cancer Australia, former ambassador for Bully Zero Australia Foundation, and former board member of Frankston Business Network. Hope entered Parliament after defeating Jenny Lindell in the 2010 state election. 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. Hope narrowly lost the electorate of Carrum in the

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to Labor's

Sonya Kilkenny Sonya Kilkenny (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Electoral district of Carrum. Kilkenny first entered parliament at th ...

and unsuccessfully contested the same division in the 2018 Victorian state election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hope, Donna 1970 births Living people Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Politicians from Melbourne RMIT University alumni Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly