Lynn Arnold
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The Honourable Rev Dr Lynn Arnold AO |
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| 40th Premier of South Australia Elections: 1993 |
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In office 4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor | Dame Roma Mitchell |
| Deputy | Frank Blevins |
| Preceded by | John Bannon |
| Succeeded by | Dean Brown |
| 35th Leader of the Opposition (SA) | |
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In office 14 December 1993 – 5 November 1994 |
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| Deputy | Mike Rann |
| Preceded by | Dean Brown |
| Succeeded by | Mike Rann |
| 17th Australian Labor Party (SA) leader | |
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In office 1992–1994 |
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| Preceded by | John Bannon |
| Succeeded by | Mike Rann |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Taylor |
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In office 11 December 1993 – 5 November 1994 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Trish White |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Ramsay |
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In office 7 December 1985 – 11 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Mike Rann |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Salisbury |
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In office 15 September 1979 – 7 December 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Reg Groth |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 January 1949 |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
The Hon. Rev. Dr Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold, AO (born 27 January 1949) is an Anglican priest and a former Australian politician who represented the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, serving as Premier of South Australia between 4 September 1992 and 14 December 1993 at the end of 11 years of Labor government resulting from the 1993 election landslide.
After leaving politics, Arnold worked for World Vision from 1997 to 2007, and for Anglicare SA since March 2008. In November 2013 he was ordained a deacon in the Anglican Church. In December 2014 he was ordained priest in St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide.
Entering in Parliament as member for Salisbury on 15 September 1979, he became a Minister with the election of the John Bannon Labor Government in 1982. He served as Minister of Education, Tertiary Education, Agriculture and State Development. Arnold held the seat of Salisbury until it was abolished on 6 December 1985, he then represented Ramsay from 7 December 1985 to 11 December 1993.
Arnold was elected Labor leader and Premier of South Australia upon the resignation of John Bannon, after the $3.1 billion collapse of the State Bank of South Australia. However, this did not appease the simmering voter anger against Labor. A warning sign came at the 1993 federal election, which saw two of Labor's longest-standing federal strongholds fall to the Liberals. Hindmarsh was taken by a non-Labor member for only the second time ever after being in Labor hands since 1919, while Grey was taken by the conservatives for only the second time in 50 years.
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