# Petra Bayr

Petra Bayr (born 28 April 1968), also known as Penny Bayr, is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has represented Vienna South since December 2002. She was a member of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna from November 1996 to December 2002.

## Early life

Bayr was born on 28 April 1968 in Vienna. She was editor of her school newspaper. She studied sociology and education at the University of Vienna and University of Graz. She has a Master of Arts degree in human rights and a Master of Legal Studies degree from the Danube University Krems.
Bayr was chair of the women's committee of the Austrian Federal Youth Council [de] (BJV) from 1990 to 1992.

## Career

Bayr worked as a freelancer at ORF, Ö3, Radio Wien and various youth magazines from 1984 to 1985. She was a trainer in youth work (1986–1996), a Parliamentary employee (1994–1996) and a clerk at the Österreichische Industrieverwaltungs (ÖIAG) (1994–1997). She worked for EGA - Frauenzentrum from 1997 to 2001. She worked for the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ)'s Vienna branch from 2001 to 2022 - in public relations (2001–2009) and for the networking, anti-racism and international affairs department (2009–2022).
Bayr was active in the Union of Private Sector Employees (GPA)'s youth department from 1984 to 1997 and women's department from 1985 to 2002.

## Politics

Bayr has been active with the SPÖ in Favoriten since 1986. She has held various positions in the Viennese branch of the SPÖ and its youth wing Junge Generation. She was a member of the district council (Bezirksvertretung) in Favoriten from 1994 to 1996. She was a member of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna from November 1996 to December 2002. She was elected to the National Council at the 2002 legislative election.
Bayr has been part of the Austrian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since January 2018. She was a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 2012 to 2021. She received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold (Grosses Goldenes Ehrenzeichen) honour in 2007.

## Electoral history

Electoral history of Petra Bayr :
| Election | Electoral district | Party | Votes | % | Result |
| 2002 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 1,069 | 1.24% | Elected |
| 2006 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 975 | 1.29% | Elected |
| 2006 legislative | Vienna | Social Democratic Party | 86 | 0.03% | Not elected |
| 2006 legislative | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | - | - | Not elected |
| 2008 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 1,857 | 2.73% | Elected |
| 2008 legislative | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | - | - | Not elected |
| 2013 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 1,506 | 2.64% | Elected |
| 2013 legislative | Vienna | Social Democratic Party | 107 | 0.04% | Not elected |
| 2013 legislative | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | 76 | 0.01% | Not elected |
| 2017 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 1,923 | 3.17% | Elected |
| 2017 legislative | Vienna | Social Democratic Party | 150 | 0.05% | Not elected |
| 2017 legislative | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | 88 | 0.01% | Not elected |
| 2019 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 1,854 | 3.63% | Elected |
| 2019 legislative | Vienna | Social Democratic Party | 101 | 0.05% | Not elected |
| 2019 legislative | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | 73 | 0.01% | Not elected |
| 2024 legislative | Vienna South | Social Democratic Party | 2,099 | 4.59% | Elected |
| 2024 legislative | Vienna | Social Democratic Party | 175 | 0.07% | Not elected |
| 2024 legislative | Federal List | Social Democratic Party | 133 | 0.01% | Not elected |