Alexis Ord | |
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93rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne | |
In office 1987–1988 | |
Preceded by | Trevor Huggard |
Succeeded by | Winsome McCaughey |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Australian |
Alexis Ord, also known as Lecki Ord, was Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1987 to 1988. She was the first woman to hold that position.[1] Ord has been involved in several community activist groups, such as the Friends of the ABC,[2] founding member of the Women's Planning Network,[3] and the environmental movement.[4]
Ord was an architect by training. Her interests were primarily in planning issues and environmental sustainability.[5] This interest is evident during her time at architecture school where her Carlton terrace-house was "the central driving force" behind the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia student conference in 1964.[6]