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.
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