Lucy Turnbull

Lucy Turnbull
Turnbull in 2015
79th Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office
7 April 2003 – 6 February 2004
DeputyDixie Coulton
Preceded byFrank Sartor
Succeeded byClover Moore
21st Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office
18 September 1999 – 7 April 2003
Lord MayorFrank Sartor
Preceded byHenry Tsang
Succeeded byDixie Coulton
Councillor of the City of Sydney
In office
September 1999 – 6 February 2004
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
In role
15 September 2015 – 24 August 2018
Preceded byMargie Abbott
Succeeded byJenny Morrison
Personal details
Born
Lucinda Mary Hughes

(1958-03-30) 30 March 1958 (age 66)
Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLiberal[1]
Other political
affiliations
Living City Independents (1999–2004)
Spouse
(m. 1980)
Children2
ParentTom Hughes (father)
RelativesRobert Hughes (uncle)
Geoffrey Forrest Hughes (grandfather)
Thomas Hughes (great-grandfather)
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
University of New South Wales

Lucinda Mary Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served on the Sydney City Council from 1999 to 2004, including as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 – the first woman to hold the position. She has since held positions on a number of urban planning bodies, including as chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission from 2015 to 2020. Her husband Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.

  1. ^ Turnbull, Lucy. "'Think my membership formally lapses in June...'". Twitter.