Philip Donato

Philip Donato is an Australian politician, currently serving as the member for Orange in the New [South Wales Legislative Assembly]. Donato was a police officer and prosecutor before entering politics, and was elected at a Orange state by-election|by-election] for the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party following the resignation of National Party MP Andrew Gee.
He is the first member of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party to represent a lower house seat, joining Legislative Council members Robert Borsak and Robert [Leslie Brown|Robert Brown] in the Parliament of New South Wales.
On 12 December 2022, Donato resigned from the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party following a dispute with the party's leadership over comments concerning fellow member Helen Dalton: he accordingly announced that he would contest the 2023 [New South Wales state election] as an independent.