Alexis Ord

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]

Alexis Ord
93rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne
In office 1987–1988
Preceded by	Trevor Huggard
Succeeded by	Winsome McCaughey
Personal details
Nationality	Australian

Work

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]

Ord was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001.^[7]