Shane Dowling (born 16 June 1954) is a former Australian politician. He was mayor of

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from 1989 to 1991 and

mayor of Geelong This is a list of the mayors of the City of Greater Geelong, a local government area, and the second largest city in Victoria, Australia. Before amalgamation in 1993 the central area of Geelong was covered by the City of Geelong, with the surro ...

from December 2004 to November 2005. Dowling is a former police officer, rising to become an inspector in the

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. He was serving in Melton at the time of his election as Geelong mayor. He was elected to the

City of Greater Geelong The City of Greater Geelong is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and, had a population of 271,057 as of the 2021 Australian census. It ...

council in 2001, representing Deakin Ward, and was re-elected in 2004. He was elected mayor by the other councillors after the 2004 elections, following the failure of incumbent mayor Ed Coppe to hold his seat on the council. Dowling served a one-year term before relinquishing the position to former City of Melbourne councillor Peter McMullin. Dowling resigned from the council mid-term in 2008, ten months before the regular elections, because he had moved to

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. Local businessman and future state Liberal MP,

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, was elected to fill the vacancy caused by Dowling's resignation. Dowling contested the 2008 municipal elections for the

City of Port Phillip The City of Port Phillip is a local government area of Victoria, Australia on the northern shores of Port Phillip, south of Melbourne's central business district. It has an area of 20.7 km² and had a population of 113,200 in June 2018. P ...

, but was defeated by former Port Phillip mayor Janet Bolitho.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dowling, Shane Police officers from Melbourne Living people Mayors of Geelong 1954 births People educated at Ardscoil Rís, Limerick Police officers from County Limerick