Gary Rowe

{{short description|Australian politician}}

{{for|the paid informant and agent provocateur for the FBI|Gary Thomas Rowe}}

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| birth_name = Gary James Rowe

| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1952|09|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Coburg, Victoria

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| parents=Douglas James and Norma Lilian Rowe

| alma mater = Victoria Police Academy

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|office=Councillor in Shire of Cranbourne

|term_start=1989

|term_end=1992

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|parliament=Victorian

|constituency_MP=Cranbourne

|term_start=1992

|term_end=2002

|predecessor=seat created

|successor=Jude Perera

|party=Independent{{cite web|title=Meet the Casey Council candidates – Correa Ward|url= https://cranbournenews.starcommunity.com.au/news/2024-10-03/meet-the-casey-council-candidates-correa-ward/|publisher=Cranbourne Star News|date=3 October 2024|access-date=14 November 2024}}

|otherparty=Liberal Party

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|office=Councillor in City of Casey

|term_start=2012–2016, 2017–2020, 2024–present

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Gary James Rowe (born 5 September 1952) is an Australian politician. He was the Liberal member for Cranbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002.

Rowe was born in Coburg, Victoria, to Douglas James and Norma Lilian Rowe. He attended Glen Waverley High School before studying at Victoria Police Academy, where he was one of the top ten graduates. In 1970 he became a police officer, but in 1974 became a consultant with National Mutual and in 1977 founded a finance and insurance company, of which he became director. He was also director of a number of other finance and insurance businesses. In 1989, he was elected to Cranbourne Shire Council, serving until 1992.{{cite web

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| author-link = Parliament of Victoria

| title = Rowe, Gary James

| work = re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851

| publisher = Parliament of Victoria

| year = 2002

| url = http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=152

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In 1992, Rowe was elected to the new seat of Cranbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Following the Kennett Government's defeat in 1999 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition. He was defeated in 2002 by Labor candidate Jude Perera.

In 2012, Rowe was elected as a councillor for Mayfield Ward in the City of Casey.[https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/caseyresult2012.html "City of Casey election results 2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413025349/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/caseyresult2012.html |date=13 April 2019 }}, Victorian Electoral Commission. Councillor Rowe was not re-elected to Casey City Council in October 2016,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/Council2016/caseyresult.html#e4|title=Casey City Council election results 2016|date=21 October 2016|website=Victorian Electoral Commission|access-date=31 August 2017}} but was subsequently re-elected at a countback for Mayfield Ward in April 2017 after Councillor Steve Beardon resigned.{{Cite web|url=https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/council/news-publications/mediareleases/garyrowe3apr17|title=Gary Rowe returned as Mayfield Ward Councillor on countback|date=3 April 2017|website=Casey City Council|access-date=31 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831175031/https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/council/news-publications/mediareleases/garyrowe3apr17|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/casey-councillor-steve-beardon-resigns-after-fiery-council-meeting-and-investigation-into-his-behaviour/news-story/7dbd29cd8f45c4d95981c39703df22ad|title=Casey councillor Steve Beardon resigns after fiery council meeting and investigation into his behaviour|date=9 March 2017|website=Leader Community News|access-date=31 August 2017}} He was dismissed alongside the rest of Casey City Council in 2020, following a municipal monitor's report that found the council had overseen significant governance failures.{{Cite news |last=Rollason |first=Bridget |date=18 Feb 2020 |title=City of Casey could be without elected council until 2024 after damning report prompts sacking |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-18/city-of-casey-sacked-administrators-could-run-council-until-2024/11976104 |access-date=15 August 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Preiss |first=Benjamin |last2=Towell |first2=Noel |date=18 February 2020 |title=Casey council sacked for four years as watchdog finds bullying, 'unacceptable behaviour' |work=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/casey-council-to-be-run-by-administrators-until-2024-20200218-p541td.html |access-date=15 August 2022}}{{Cite news |date=18 February 2020 |title=Dismissal Of The Casey City Council |work=Premier of Victoria |url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/dismissal-of-the-casey-city-council/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623164514/https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/dismissal-of-the-casey-city-council/ |archive-date=23 June 2020}} Regardless, he was once again re-elected as a councillor for Casey in 2024 after successfully contesting Correa Ward.{{cite web|url=https://www.casey.vic.gov.au/news/new-chapter-city-of-casey-as-council-group-announced|title=A new chapter for the City of Casey as Council group is announced|date=19 November 2024|access-date=19 April 2025|publisher=Casey City Council}}