Matt Conlan

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

Matthew Conlan
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Greatorex
In office 28 July 2007 – August 2016
Preceded by	Richard Lim
Succeeded by	Division abolished
Personal details
Born	Matthew Escott Conlan Queensland, Australia
Political party	Country Liberal Party

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Years	Term	Electoral division	Party
2007–2008	10th	Greatorex		Country Liberal
2008–2012	11th	Greatorex		Country Liberal
2012–2016	12th	Greatorex		Country Liberal

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]