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About Shane Dowling
- Shane Dowling (born 16 June 1954) was an Australian politician.
- He was Mayor of Geelong from December 2004 to November 2005, and Mayor of South Melbourne from 1989 to 1991.Dowling was a police officer outside politics, rising to become an inspector in the Victoria Police; he was serving in Melton at the time of his election as Geelong mayor.
- He was elected to the City of Greater Geelong council in 2001, representing Deakin Ward, and was re-elected in 2004.
- He was elected mayor by the other councilpersons after the 2004 elections, following the failure of incumbent mayor Ed Coppe to hold his seat on the council.
- He served a one-year term before relinquishing the position to former City of Melbourne councillor Peter McMullin.Dowling resigned mid-term in 2008, ten months before the regular elections, as he had moved to Melbourne.
- He contested the 2008 municipal elections for the City of Port Phillip, but was defeated by former Port Phillip mayor Janet Bolitho.
- Local businessman and future state Liberal MP Andrew Katos was elected to fulfill the Geelong ward vacancy caused by Dowling's resignation.
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