Lynn Arnold

Dr Lynn Arnold
40th Premier of South Australia
In office
4 September 1992 – 14 December 1993
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorDame Roma Mitchell
DeputyFrank Blevins
Preceded byJohn Bannon
Succeeded byDean Brown
Leader of the Opposition in South Australia
In office
14 December 1993 – 20 September 1994
DeputyMike Rann
Preceded byDean Brown
Succeeded byMike Rann
Leader of the South Australian Labor Party
In office
4 September 1992 – 20 September 1994
DeputyFrank Blevins
Mike Rann
Preceded byJohn Bannon
Succeeded byMike Rann
Minister of Education
In office
10 November 1982 – 18 December 1985
Preceded byHarold Allison
Succeeded byGreg Crafter
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Taylor
In office
11 December 1993 – 5 November 1994
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byTrish White
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Ramsay
In office
7 December 1985 – 11 December 1993
Preceded byNew district
Succeeded byMike Rann
Member of the South Australian Parliament
for Salisbury
In office
15 September 1979 – 7 December 1985
Preceded byReg Groth
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Personal details
Born
Lynn Maurice Ferguson Arnold

(1949-01-27) 27 January 1949 (age 75)
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (SA)

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, during the 11 years of Labor government which ended in a landslide defeat of his government at the 1993 election.

After leaving politics, Arnold worked for World Vision from 1997 to 2007, and for Anglicare SA after March 2008. In November 2013, he was ordained as a deacon in the Anglican Church. In December 2014, he was ordained a priest in St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide.