Douglas James Shedden (17 December 1937 − 13 January 2020) was an Australian politician.
Shedden was born in Casino, and worked as an electronics firm manager before entering politics.
A prominent member of the local Labor Party, he was president of the Greenacre branch for twenty years.
[1] In 1987, the member for the local state seat of Bankstown, Ric Mochalski, resigned after being charged with involvement in the collapse of a property trust.
He was not significantly challenged in subsequent elections, and sat as a Labor backbencher until his retirement in 1999.