Education
University of Adelaide.
politician Premier of South Australia
University of Adelaide.
After leaving politics, Arnold worked for World Vision from 1997 to 2007, and for Anglicare Société Anonyme since March 2008. In December 2014 he was ordained priest in Street 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.
Arnold waited as long as he could, finally calling an election for 11 December. At that election, the 11-year Labor government was swept out in a massive landslide by the Liberal Party led by Dean Brown. This was mainly because Labor was decimated in its longtime stronghold of Adelaide, losing all but nine seats in the capital.
One of them belonged to Arnold himself, who was elected in the newly created seat of Taylor.
Most commentators do not blame Arnold for the landslide, and believed Labor would have been heavily defeated regardless of leader. Almost a year after the election, Arnold resigned as Labor leader, and left politics.
He was succeeded as Labor leader by his deputy, Mike Rann. His resignation sparked a by-election for Taylor on 5 November 1994, in which Trish White retained the seat for Labor.
In August 2003 Lynn Arnold received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Adelaide.
Doctor Arnold conducted his research at the University"s Graduate School of Education for his Doctor of Philosophy in sociolinguistics and languages policies of Spain, especially Bable in the Asturias. Doctor 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.
On 8 December 2007 the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, the Most Revd Jeffrey Driver, announced Doctor Arnold"s appointment as Chief Executive of Anglicare Société Anonyme. He was in this role from 18 March 2008. to 30 June 2012, after which date he was exploring ordination to the Anglican priesthood.
He was succeeded at Anglicare Société Anonyme by the Reverend Peter Sandeman. He was ordained deacon in Adelaide in November 2013.
In December 2014, Lynn Arnold was ordained priest by the Archbishop of Adelaide. He is currently serving as Assistant Priest at Street Peter"s Cathedral, Adelaide.
Labor suffered a 14-seat swing and was knocked down to only 39 percent of the two-party vote. 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.