Richard Dowling | |
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Senator for Tasmania | |
Assumed office 1 July 2025 | |
Preceded by | Catryna Bilyk |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labor |
Website | www |
Richard Dowling is an Australian politician who was elected as a Senator for Tasmania at the 2025 federal election,representing the Australian Labor Party. [1] He was preselected as the second member on Labor's Senate ticket in Tasmania,following the resignation of Catryna Bilyk. [2] His six-year term began on 1 July 2025.
In the 2025 Senate election,he was the second on the party list behind Carol Brown. [3] Dowling grew up on Hobart's eastern shore where his parents worked in the seafood industry. [4] Dowling was an economist in the Tasmanian Treasury before moving to work for the state government between 2010 and 2014. [5] He more recently worked for Meta Platforms. [6]