Ian Sloan (politician)

For other people with the same name, see Ian Sloan.

Ian Sloan (born 24 May 1973)^[1] is a former Australian politician who served as MP for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly electoral division of Daly representing the Country Liberal Party from 2020 to 2021.

Ian Sloan
Member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for Daly
In office 22 August 2020 – 19 August 2021
Preceded by	Gary Higgins
Succeeded by	Dheran Young
Personal details
Born	(1973-05-24) 24 May 1973 (age 51) Northern Ireland
Political party	Country Liberal
Alma mater	University of Hertfordshire
Occupation	Business owner

Pre-politics

Immigration to Australia

Sloan visited Australia as a backpacker in 1996. He planned to go to Queensland, however, whilst visiting Darwin, he decided to remain in the town. When he ran out of money, he decided to get a job at soon-to-be opened bar Shennanigans. In 2006, he opened the Virginia Tavern, followed by the Virginia Store in 2011 and the Berry Springs Tavern in 2014.^[1]

Politics

Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

Years	Term	Electoral division	Party
2020–2021	14th	Daly		Country Liberal

In January 2020, the then incumbent member for Daly and Leader of the Country Liberal Opposition Gary Higgins announced that, for health reasons, he would retire from politics at the 2020 Northern Territory election. This vacated the seat, and allowed for Sloan to fill in the gap left by Higgins. He then won the election, despite a 5.7% swing against the CLP in the seat.^[2]

Sloan resigned from the Legislative Assembly on 19 August 2021, citing health and family reasons.^[3] He was replaced in a by-election that Labor won. This was the first time in the history of the Northern Territory that a sitting government won a seat from the opposition in a by-election.^[4]