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{{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|Coburg]], [[Victoria (Australia)|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=[[electoral district of Cranbourne|Cranbourne]]
|term_start=1992
|term_end=2002
|predecessor=''seat created''
|successor=[[Jude Perera]]
|party=[[Independent politician|Independent]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|otherparty=[[Victorian Liberal Party|Liberal Party]] (until 2007/2008)
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|office=Councillor in [[City of Casey]]
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'''Gary James Rowe''' (born 5 September 1952) is an Australian politician. He was the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal]] member for [[Electoral district of Cranbourne|Cranbourne]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 1992 to 2002, and in 2012, he was elected as a councillor for Mayfield Ward in the [[City of Casey]].<ref name=2012election>[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]].</ref> Councillor Rowe was not re-elected to Casey City Council in October 2016,<ref>{{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}}</ref> but was subsequently re-elected at a countback for Mayfield Ward in April 2017 after Councillor Steve Beardon resigned.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
Rowe was born in [[Coburg, Victoria|Coburg]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], to Douglas James and Norma Lilian Rowe. He attended [[Glen Waverley, Victoria|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 [[Shire of Cranbourne|Cranbourne Shire Council]], serving until 1992.<ref name=vic>{{cite web
| last = Parliament of Victoria
| 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
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 12 May 2010}}</ref>
In 1992, Rowe was elected to the new seat of [[Electoral district of Cranbourne|Cranbourne]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]]. Following the [[Jeff Kennett|Kennett]] Government's defeat in 1999 he became Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition. He was defeated in 2002 by [[Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)|Labor]] candidate [[Jude Perera]].<ref name=vic/>
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