Paul Hamer | |
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Box Hill | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Clark |
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| Political party | Labor Party |
| Website | paulhamermp |
Paul Hamer is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018,representing the seat of Box Hill.
Hamer grew up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. [1] He is Jewish. [2] His father is a survivor of the Holocaust,and in his first speech to Parliament Hamer said,"after the horrors of the Holocaust it was Australia that gave my family a home". [1]
Hamer went to school in Burwood. [3] He attended Mount Scopus Memorial College and Bialik College. [2]
Hamer was a civil engineer before his election in 2018. [4] [5] He is the first member of his family to be a member of a political party. [1]
Hamer was elected as the State MP for the seat of Box Hill in November 2018. [4] He was the first Labor candidate to win the seat in 26 years. [6]
In October 2019,Hamer gained attention for publicly raising the flag of China over the Box Hill police station on the National Day of the People's Republic of China. [7]
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