Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Parliament: | New South Wales |
Term Start: | 23 March 2019 |
Predecessor: | Pru Goward |
Constituency Mp: | Goulburn |
Office1: | Minister for Local Government |
Term Start1: | 21 December 2021 |
Term End1: | 28 March 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Shelley Hancock |
Successor1: | Ron Hoenig |
Birth Name: | Wendy Margaret Porter |
Birth Date: | 1964 10, df=y |
Birth Place: | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia |
Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Wendy Margaret Tuckerman (born 5 October 1964)[1] 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 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.[4] [5]