Matt Conlan

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Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Matthew Conlan
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Greatorex
In office
28 July 2007 August 2016
YearsTermElectoral divisionParty
2007 2008 10th Greatorex Country Liberal
2008 2012 11th Greatorex Country Liberal
2012 2016 12th Greatorex Country Liberal

Matthew Escott Conlan (born 1968) [1] is an Australian politician.

He was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2016, having won his seat of Greatorex in a 2007 by-election. He held several ministerial portfolios in the Mills and Giles Ministries, including Minister for Tourism, Minister for Sport, Minister for Arts and Minister for Housing. He was also the Minister for Transport and Minister for Infrastructure from December 2014. [2] On 10 February 2015, Conlan resigned from all his cabinet positions, citing family reasons. [3]

Controversies

In 2014, Conlan was accused by Robyn Lambley of telling Alison Anderson to "fuck off, you cunt". [4]

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References

  1. "Country Liberals".
  2. CONLAN, The Honourable Matthew Escott, Northern Territory Parliament.
  3. Vanovac, Neda (10 February 2015). "Conlan resigns in NT coup fallout". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  4. "NT parliamentary walkout amid unrest in ruling Country Liberal party". 27 March 2014.
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Greatorex
2007–2016
Abolished