Bill Yan

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

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|constituency_AM = Namatjira

|assembly = Northern Territory Legislative

|term_start = 22 August 2020

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|predecessor = Chansey Paech

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|party = Country Liberal Party

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|occupation = Corrections officer

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William Carl Yan is an Australian politician from the Northern Territory.

Yan was employed at a correctional facility for 17 years.{{Cite web|last=Heaney|first=ABC News: Chelsea|date=2019-09-22|title=Bill Yan|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-22/bill-yan-1/11536004|access-date=2020-09-08|website=ABC News|language=en-AU}} He joined the Country Liberal Party and ran as a candidate in the electoral division of Namatjira for the 2020 Northern Territory general election. He won the election by a margin of 22 votes, and is currently a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web|title=Ex-mayor fails in tilt for Assembly seat {{!}} Alice Springs News|date=4 September 2020 |url=https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2020/09/05/ex-mayor-fails-in-tilt-for-assembly-seat/|access-date=2020-09-08|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web|last=NTEC|date=2020-08-22|title=Namatjira|url=https://ntec.nt.gov.au/elections/2020-territory-election/results/namatjira|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823070218/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/elections/2020-territory-election/results/namatjira|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 August 2020|access-date=2020-09-08|website=NTEC|language=en}}