Lucy Penelope Hood is an Australian politician, journalist and former political adviser. She has been the member of the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was creat ...

for

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

since March 2022.

Early life and education

Hood grew up in

Naracoorte, South Australia Naracoorte is a town in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, approximately 336 kilometres south-east of Adelaide and 100 kilometres north of Mount Gambier, South Australia, Mount Gambier on the Riddoch Highway (A66). History Before the ...

and attended Naracoorte High School. She has a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) from the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...

Career

Hood worked as adviser to South Australian premier,

Jay Weatherill Jay Wilson Weatherill (born 3 April 1964) is an Australian politician who was the 45th Premier of South Australia, serving from 21 October 2011 until 19 March 2018. Weatherill represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of ...

, from 2016 until his defeat in 2018. She then worked as political adviser to the then South Australian opposition leader,

Peter Malinauskas Peter Bryden Malinauskas ( ; born 14 August 1980) is an Australian politician, serving as the 47th and current premier of South Australia since March 2022. He has been the leader of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party (AL ...

. Hood has been a

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

member of the

since the 2022 state election, representing

. She replaced the Liberal minister for Child Protection,

Rachel Sanderson Rachel Sanderson is an Australian politician who represented the seat of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia from the 2010 election to the 2022 election. Sande ...

, who had held the seat since 2010. She was supported in her campaign by the mentorship of the Victorian Minister for Agriculture,

Mary-Anne Thomas Mary-Anne Thomas (born 26 February 1963) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electorate of Macedon. She has served as Victoria's Minister for ...

, through

Emily's List Australia EMILY's List Australia is a political network in Australia that supports progressive Labor Party (ALP) women candidates seeking election to political office. Founded in 1996, EMILY's List Australia was inspired by EMILY's List, a political ac ...

Personal life

Hood is married to Jarrad Pilkington, a former media adviser to

, and they have two children. Her brother, Ben Hood, stood as Liberal candidate for the seat of Mount Gambier at the 2022 state election, and in February 2023 was accepted to fill a vacant Liberal seat in the Legislative Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Lucy Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Women members of the South Australian House of Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia 21st-century Australian women politicians