John Dowd (politician)
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John Robert Arthur Dowd AO LLB (born 12 November 1940) attended Fort Street High School. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, and a parliamentarian in the Legislative Assembly from 1975 to 1991. He served as the New South Wales Opposition Leader from 1981 (he acquired the leadership shortly after that year's election) until 1983 (when he was deposed by Nick Greiner). Afterwards, during Greiner's premiership of New South Wales, Dowd was State Attorney-General (1988-1991).
In 2002, Dowd became the chancellor of Southern Cross University, an office he still holds. Three years later he was appointed Protection Ambassador for AUSTCARE.
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