Matt Conlan

Matt Conlan
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
for Greatorex
In office
28 July 2007 – 8 August 2016
Preceded by Richard Lim
Succeeded by Division abolished
Personal details
Born

Matthew Escott Conlan
1968 (age 47–48)


Gympie, Queensland, Australia

Nationality Australian
Political party Country Liberal Party
Occupation Radio announcer

Matthew Escott "Matt" 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]

He is currently Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees for the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.

Prior to running for parliament, Conlan spent 16 years in commercial radio. In 2006 he won the Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA) for best talk presenter while working on radio 8HA in Alice Springs.

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.
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Richard Lim		 Member for Greatorex
2007–2016 		Abolished
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