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Ian Birt Harper Dillon, ID (born 18 April 1915) was a Rhodesian politician.

In 1958, he defeated former prime minister Garfield Todd, as a candidate for the Dominion Party.

He attended the signature of Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, but was not a signatory. He received the Independence Decoration in 1970.

He was Minister of Mines from 1969 to 1977, after suffering a heart attack.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Three Ministers Decide to Step Down". The Rhodesia Herald. 22 July 1977. p. 1.