Dugald Saunders

{{short description|Australian politician}}

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| honorific-suffix = MP

| office = 14th Leader of the NSW Nationals

| term_start = 8 May 2023

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| predecessor = Paul Toole

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| office1 = Minister for Agriculture

| premier1 = Dominic Perrottet

| term_start1 = 21 December 2021

| term_end1 = 28 March 2023

| predecessor1 = Adam Marshall

| successor1 = John Graham (interim)

| office2 = Minister for Western New South Wales

| premier2 = Dominic Perrottet

| term_start2 = 21 December 2021

| term_end2 = 28 March 2023

| predecessor2 = Adam Marshall

| successor2 = John Graham (interim)

| parliament3 = New South Wales

| term_start3 = 23 March 2019

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| predecessor3 = Troy Grant

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| constituency_MP3 = Dubbo

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| party = National Party of Australia

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| residence = Terramungamine{{cite web |title=Candidates – The Legislative Assembly District of Dubbo |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/state-government-elections/2023-state-general-election/candidates/dubbo|website=Elections NSW |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=3 April 2023}}

| occupation = Journalist

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Dugald William Saunders is an Australian politician who has been leader of the New South Wales National Party since May 2023. He has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2019, representing the electoral district of Dubbo.{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Dugald William Saunders MP |id=2242 |access-date=15 October 2019}} Saunders was the Minister for Agriculture and the Minister for Western New South Wales in the Perrottet ministry from December 2021 until March 2023.{{Gazette NSW |title=Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police |issue=662 |date=21 December 2021 |url=https://gazette.legislation.nsw.gov.au/so/download.w3p?id=Gazette_2021_2021-662.pdf}}

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.{{cite web |last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|title=Dubbo |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nsw/2019/guide/dubb/ |website=ABC Elections | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | year=2019 |access-date=24 March 2019}}

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