Matthew Escott Conlan (born 1968) is an Australian politician. He was a

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP) is a centre-right political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In local politics it operates in a two-party system with the Australian Labor Party (ALP). It also contests federal ...

member of the

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from 2007 to 2016, having won his seat of Greatorex in a 2007 by-election. He held several ministerial portfolios in the

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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. On 10 February 2015, Conlan resigned from all his cabinet positions, citing family reasons.

Controversies

In 2014, Conlan was accused by

Robyn Lambley Robyn Jane Lambley (born 26 January 1965) is an Australian politician. She is an independent member representing the division of Araluen in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, having been first elected in a 2010 by-election as a memb ...

of telling

Alison Anderson Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson (born 28 January 1958) is an Australian politician. She was member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly between 2005 and 2016, representing the electorate of Namatijra (known as MacDonnell until 2012). Cu ...

to "fuck off, you cunt".https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/27/nt-parliamentary-walkout-amid-unrest-in-ruling-country-liberal-party

References

1968 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Australian radio personalities 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub