Connie Bonaros
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| parliament = South Australia
| term_start = {{start date|2018|03|17|df=y}}
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|office1 = 3rd Leader of SA-BEST
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|deputy1 = Kris Hanna
|term_start1 = 4 December 2023
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|predecessor1 = Frank Pangallo
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|office2 = Deputy Leader of Centre Alliance
|leader2 = Stirling Griff
|term_start2 = 10 August 2020
|term_end2 = 21 May 2022
|predecessor2 = Rex Patrick
|successor2 = Rebekha Sharkie
|office3 = Deputy Leader of No Pokies
|leader3 = Nick Xenophon
|term_start3 = 18 March 2006
|term_end3 = 17 November 2007
|predecessor3 = John Darley
|successor3 = Ann Bressington
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Constadina Bonaros is an Australian politician. She has been an SA Best member of the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2018 state election.{{Cite SA-parl|pid=5418|name=Constadina (Connie) Bonaros|former=|access-date=10 November 2022}}
Career
Bonaros has undergraduate degrees in Laws and Arts (Modern Greek and Social Politics) from the University of Adelaide.{{cite web |url=https://sabest.org.au/elected-members/connie-bonaros-mlc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207065303/https://sabest.org.au/elected-members/connie-bonaros-mlc/ |archive-date=7 December 2019 |title=Connie Bonaros MLC |publisher=SA Best |date= |accessdate=17 January 2020 |quote=Connie [...] has worked with Nick and the team for over 12 years [...] graduated from the University of Adelaide in Law with Honours [...] admitted to legal practice in 2003 [...] also holds a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Modern Greek and Social Politics [...] has been married to John for over 10 years. They have one cherished little son [...]}} She had worked as a lawyer from 2003 until 2006 before becoming an advisor to Nick Xenophon for over 12 years. In 2007, Bonaros served as Xenophon's campaign manager. From 2007 she served in John Darley's office, running second on the ticket to Darley at that years election. She left Darley's office to join Senator Stirling Griff's office as his chief of staff when he was elected at the 2016 federal election.{{cite web |url=https://sabest.org.au/candidates/legislative-council/connie-bonaros |title=Connie Bonaros |publisher=Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST}} Bonaros was campaign manager for SA Best during the 2018 election campaign, at which the party won two seats in the upper house (Bonaros and Frank Pangallo).
In 2020, Connie stated that fellow politician Sam Duluk slapped her bottom but the courts found him not guilty. Another politician, Tammy Franks, has also accused him of similar actions.
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Category:Members of the South Australian Legislative Council
Category:Women members of the South Australian Legislative Council
Category:Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST members of the Parliament of South Australia
Category:University of Adelaide alumni
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
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