Dugald Saunders

The Honourable
Dugald Saunders
MP
14th Leader of the NSW Nationals
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2023
Preceded byPaul Toole
Minister for Agriculture
In office
21 December 2021 – 28 March 2023
PremierDominic Perrottet
Preceded byAdam Marshall
Succeeded byJohn Graham (interim)
Minister for Western New South Wales
In office
21 December 2021 – 28 March 2023
PremierDominic Perrottet
Preceded byAdam Marshall
Succeeded byJohn Graham (interim)
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Dubbo
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2019
Preceded byTroy Grant
Personal details
Political partyNational Party of Australia
ResidenceTerramungamine[1]
OccupationJournalist

Dugald William Saunders is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2019, representing Dubbo for the Nationals.[2] Saunders was the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Western New South Wales in the Perrottet ministry from December 2021 until March 2023.[3]

Before entering politics, Saunders had a long career in broadcasting. He was a commentator at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and was the ABC Local Radio morning presenter in Dubbo for ten years.[4]

Saunders became leader of the New South Wales National Party in May 2023.

  1. ^ "Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Dubbo". Elections NSW. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Mr Dugald William Saunders MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  4. ^ Green, Antony (2019). "Dubbo". ABC Elections. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2019.