Lynn Arnold

The Honourable Dr Lynn Arnold AO
40th Premier of South Australia Elections: 1993
In office 4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993
Preceded by	John Bannon
Succeeded by	Dean Brown
Personal details
Born	27 January 1949
Political party	Australian Labor Party

Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold, AO (born 27 January 1949), former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between 4 September 1992 and 14 December 1993.

After leaving politics, Arnold worked for World Vision from 1997 to 2007, and for Anglicare SA since March 2008.

Political career

Entering in Parliament in 1979, he became a Minister with the election of the Bannon Labor Government in 1982. He served as Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Agriculture and State Development.

Lynn Arnold became the Premier of South Australia and Labor leader upon the resignation of John Bannon, after the $3.1 billion collapse of the State Bank of South Australia. However, this did not appease voter anger at Labor, and Lynn Arnold's government lost in a landslide to the Liberal Party led by Dean Brown at the 1993 state election. Most commentators believe the landslide would have occurred regardless of the leader.

Almost a year after the election, Lynn Arnold resigned as Labor leader, and left politics. His resignation sparked a by-election for Taylor on 5 November 1994, won by Labor candidate Trish White. He was succeeded as Labor leader by Mike Rann.

Life after politics

In August 2003 Lynn Arnold received a PhD from the University of Adelaide. Dr Arnold conducted his research at the University's Graduate School of Education for his PhD in sociolinguistics and languages policies of Spain, especially Bable in the Asturias.

Dr Arnold was Chief Executive of the humanitarian organisation World Vision Australia from 1997 until 2003. In 2003 he was appointed Regional Vice President of World Vision International for the Asia Pacific Region. based in Bangkok, Thailand. In October 2006 he was appointed Senior Director (Board Development & Peer Review) for World Vision International, heading a team assisting World Vision boards and advisory councils in the development of their governance capacity and also for administering Peer Review programs in World Vision partnerships.

On 8 December 2007 the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, the Most Revd Jeffrey Driver, announced Dr Arnold’s appointment as Chief Executive of Anglicare SA. Dr Arnold commenced in this role on 18 March 2008.

External links

• SA Parliament past premier Lynn Arnold

Political offices
Preceded by John Bannon	Premier of South Australia 1992 – 1993	Succeeded by Dean Brown
Preceded by Dean Brown	Leader of the Opposition in South Australia 1993 – 1994	Succeeded by Mike Rann
Parliament of South Australia
New division	Member for Ramsay 1985 – 1993	Succeeded by Mike Rann
New division	Member for Taylor 1993 – 1994	Succeeded by Trish White
Party political offices
Preceded by John Bannon	Leader of the Australian Labor Party (SA division) 1992 – 1994	Succeeded by Mike Rann