Donna Faragher

Donna Evelyn Mary Faragher (née Taylor; born 12 September 1975) is an Australian politician who has been a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia since 2005, representing East Metropolitan Region.

Faragher was born in Perth to Joan Betty Light and Donald Franklin Taylor, both of whom were police officers.

Faragher then went on to the University of Western Australia, graduating with an initial Bachelor of Arts degree and later completing a Master of Education.

[1] Prior to entering parliament, Faragher worked as a policy advisor for Senator Chris Ellison, a federal government minister under John Howard.

She would serve under four leaders of the opposition (Matt Birney, Paul Omodei, Troy Buswell, and Colin Barnett.