Patricia A. Dowling is an American politician and jurist who was a justice of the Ipswich District Court.
Dowling was born on December 10, 1957, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. She attended Skidmore College and Suffolk University Law School.
Dowling served on the Massachusetts Governor's Council from 1995 to 2001. Concurrently, from 1998 to 2001 she was Mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 2000, she was defeated in her bid for reelection by Mary-Ellen Manning in Democratic primary.
In 2001, Dowling was appointed to the Ipswich District Court and resigned as Mayor. She has since retired.