Doug Galt is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and was an unsuccessful contender for the Canadian House of Commons in 2004.

Galt and was a veterinarian before entering political life. He served as an overseas veterinary pathologist and project co-ordinator for CIDA in 1988 and 1992, and retired as head of the Brighton Veterinary Services Lab in 1994. He began his political career at the municipal level, serving as a warden in Northumberland County, and as reeve of Cramahe Township . He has also been a school board trustee, and chaired the Colborne-Cramahe Community Economic Development Commission in 1994. In the late 1980s, he attended Queen's University and earned a Master's Degree in public administration.

Galt was elected to the Ontario legislature in the provincial election of 1995, defeating incumbent Liberal Joan Fawcett by over 6,000 votes in the Northumberland riding. The Progressive Conservatives under Mike Harris won the election, and Galt became a backbench supporter of the government. He soon became known for asking "softball" questions in Question Period (ie. inoffensive questions which praise the government of the day and allow ministers to outline new policy initiatives). He was not appointed to cabinet.

Galt was re-elected in the 1999 provincial election by only 903 votes over Liberal Carolyn Campbell . In 2000, he precipitated a minor crisis by reading the names of certain young offenders in the Ontario legislature. Rob Sampson, the minister of correctional services, was forced to resign temporarily to demonstrate ministerial accountability for Galt's error.

Galt supported Ernie Eves to replace Harris as party leader in 2002, and was named Minister without Portfolio and chief government whip on August 22 of that year. In the provincial election of 2003, he lost to Liberal candidate Lou Rinaldi by about 2,500 votes.

In early 2004, Galt supported Tony Clement's unsuccessful campaign to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He himself ran as a candidate for that party in the federal election of 2004, challenging Liberal incumbent Paul Macklin in the federal riding of Northumberland. This proved to be an extremely close contest, with Macklin eventually prevailing by 313 votes. It may be noted that most of the surrounding ridings were won by the Tories.

He currently lives in the hamlet of Salem .