Lucy Hood (politician)

Lucy Hood MP
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Adelaide
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2022 (2022-03-19)
Preceded by	Rachel Sanderson
Majority	56.2 per cent
Personal details
Born	(1985-08-17) 17 August 1985 (age 38)[1] Naracoorte, South Australia
Political party	Labor
Education	Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)
Alma mater	University of South Australia
Committees	Economic and Finance Publishing Establishment of Adelaide University
Website	ALP website

Lucy Penelope Hood (born 17 August 1985)^[2] is an Australian politician, journalist and former political adviser. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election, representing Adelaide. With a swing of 7.1 per cent, she defeated the incumbent Liberal Party member, Rachel Sanderson, who had held the seat since 2010. Prior to the election, the ABC election analyst Antony Green stated that results in Adelaide have tracked closely with the seat being won by the party that won the state-wide two-party-preferred vote (2PP) at every election since 1985.