Wendy Tuckerman

The Honourable
Wendy Tuckerman
MP
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Goulburn
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2019
Preceded byPru Goward
Minister for Local Government
In office
21 December 2021 – 28 March 2023
Preceded byShelley Hancock
Succeeded byRon Hoenig
Personal details
Born
Wendy Margaret Porter

(1964-10-05) 5 October 1964 (age 60)[1]
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLiberal (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		National (2017)

Wendy Margaret Tuckerman (née Porter, born 5 October 1964) is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2019, representing Goulburn for the Liberal Party.[2] She was an unsuccessful candidate for National Party preselection for the 2017 Cootamundra state by-election.[3] Tuckerman served as the Minister for Local Government in the Perrottet ministry from December 2021[4] to March 2023.

Tuckerman has a background in the Australian Federal Police. She was mayor of Boorowa Council for twelve years from 2007, and then the administrator of Hilltops Council, which was created out of the merger of Boorowa Council, Harden Shire and Young Shire. She became a Hilltops counselor at the 2017 election for the new council.

Tuckerman supports the privatisation of Sydney Water and other assets.[5][6]

  1. ^ Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2019.
  2. ^ "Mrs Wendy Margaret Tuckerman MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony (2019). "Goulburn". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  5. ^ Clarke, Tyrone (23 February 2023). "NSW Election: Premier Dominic Perrottet faces barrage of questions from media over growing fears of Sydney Water privatisation". Sky News. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  6. ^ Wang, Jessica (23 February 2023). "NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet denied Sydney Water privatisation plans after candidates' mistake". news,com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2023.