Career
She has previously served as the mayor of the Westland District. Pugh is from Kumara. Pugh was elected to the Westland District Council in 1998 and served two terms before being elected as the district"s first woman mayor in 2004, succeeding John Drylie.
In 2007 she was returned as mayor unopposed. She stood down at the 2013 elections and was succeeded as mayor by Michael Havill.
At the 2014 election she contested the West Coast-Tasman electorate for the New Zealand National Party.
She was ranked number 52 on the National Party list, just missing out on a seat.
