Member for Coffs Harbour elected as new leader of the NSW Nationals

Gurmesh Singh has been voted into the new role after a NSW Nationals partyroom held on Tuesday.

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Ellie Chamberlain
November 18, 2025

Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has been elected as Leader of the NSW Nationals after a NSW Nationals partyroom meeting on Tuesday.   

What happened: Singh will replace Dugald Saunders, who resigned from his position on Monday after three years leading the state branch of the party.

The full squad: Working alongside the member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson (deputy leader) and Sarah Mitchell (NSW Nationals leader in the Upper House) Singh said the team would represent regional NSW.

  • “The wellbeing of regional communities is at the heart of everything we do, and I thank my party room colleagues for affording me the opportunity to continue the great work of the Nationals across NSW,” Singh said in a statement.

Singh is also Shadow Minister for Regional Health and Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and the North Coast.

Thumbnail: Gurmesh Singh, supplied.