William Carl Yan is an Australian politician from the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

. Yan was employed at a correctional facility for 17 years. He joined the

Country Liberal Party The Country Liberal Party of the Northern Territory (CLP), commonly known as the Country Liberals, is a centre-right and conservative political party in Australia's Northern Territory. In territory politics, it operates in a two-party system wi ...

and ran as a candidate in the

electoral division of Namatjira Namatjira is an Electoral divisions of the Northern Territory, electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It was created in 2012 when the former division of Electora ...

for the

2020 Northern Territory general election The 2020 Northern Territory general election was held on 22 August 2020 to elect all 25 members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the unicameral Northern Territory Parliament. Members were elected through f ...

. He won the election by a margin of 22 votes, and is currently a member of the

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory (also known as the Parliament of the Northern Territory) is the unicameral legislature of Australia’s Northern Territory. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member ...

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Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-politician-stub