David Dalgleish

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1962)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = David Dalgleish

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Daviddalgleish2020.jpg

| caption = Dalgleish, 2020

| constituency_AM1 = Hervey Bay

| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative

| term_start1 = 13 June 1998

| term_end1 = 17 February 2001

| predecessor1 = Bill Nunn

| successor1 = Andrew McNamara

| office2 = Deputy Mayor of Fraser Coast

| term_start2 = 15 March 2008

| term_end2 = 28 April 2012

| predecessor2 = New Council

| successor2 = Trevor McDonald

| office3 = Fraser Coast Regional Councillor for Division 6

| leader3 =

| term_start3 = 15 March 2008

| term_end3 = 28 April 2012

| predecessor3 = New Council

| successor3 = Trevor McDonald

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1962|10|13}}

| birth_place = Epping, Sydney, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| restingplace =

| birthname = David Bruce Dalgleish

| nationality =

| party = Katter's Australian Party (since 2013)

| otherparty = One Nation (1997–1999)
City Country Alliance (1999–2003

| alma_mater =

| occupation = Transport Company Owner/Operator
(Self-employed)
Power House Electrical Mechanics Assistant
(Wide Bay–Burnett
Electricity Board)

| profession = Tradesman
Businessman
Politician

| relations =

| religion =

| spouse = Maki Dalgleish

| children = Mathew Dalgleish, Sean Dalgleish, Joshua Dalgleish

| parents = Iris Dalgleish, Henry Dalgleish

| residence = Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

}}

David Bruce Dalgleish (born 13 October 1962) is a former Australian politician who served as the state member of Hervey Bay, a city councillor, and deputy mayor of the Fraser Coast region. Born in Epping, he was a licensed motor mechanic, welder and LPG fitter before entering politics, and owned a transport business. In 1998, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat of Hervey Bay. He remained in the party until December 1999, when he and the other remaining One Nation MPs formed the City Country Alliance under the leadership of Bill Feldman. He was the Alliance spokesman for Emergency Services, Transport and Main Roads, Housing and Public Works. In 2001, he was defeated by Andrew McNamara of the Labor Party.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1430255699|accessdate= 7 February 2015}}

Dalgleish was elected as one of 10 councillors for the newly created Fraser Coast Region in 2008, which was initially undivided.{{cite web |title=2008 Fraser Coast Regional Council – Councillor Election – Election Summary |url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2008/FraserCoastRegionalCouncil/results/councillor/summary.html |website=Electoral Commission of Queensland |publisher=Queensland Government |accessdate=30 October 2020}} He contested the newly created Division 6 in 2012, however was not successful.{{cite web |title=2012 Fraser Coast Regional Council – Councillor Election – Division 6 – Division Summary |url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/LG2012/FraserCoastRegionalCouncil/results/councillor/district6.html |website=Electoral Commission of Queensland |publisher=Queensland Government |accessdate=30 October 2020}} He again contested Division 6 in 2020 and came second on first preference votes, however was ultimately unsuccessful once preferences were distributed, finishing the official count with 48.14%.{{cite web |title=Fraser Coast Regional Division 6 Councillor |url=https://prodresults.elections.qld.gov.au/lga2020/02706/preference |website=Electoral Commission of Queensland |date=July 2019 |publisher=Queensland Government |accessdate=6 November 2020}}

At the 2013 federal election, Dalgleish contested the seat of Hinkler for the Australian Party, finishing fourth with 4.58% of the vote.