Lynn Arnold

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Dr Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold (born 27 January 1949), former Australian politician, was the Labor Premier of South Australia between September 4, 1992 and December 14, 1993 and currently serves as the Asia Pacific Vice President of World Vision.

[edit] 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.

Following the election, Lynn Arnold resigned as Labor leader, and left politics. He was succeeded as Labor leader by Mike Rann.

[edit] 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[1].

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. [2]