Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Ross Smith
In office 17 September 1977 – 10 December 1993
Preceded by
Jack Jennings
Succeeded by
Ralph Clarke
Personal details
Born
John Charles Bannon
(1943-05-07)7 May 1943 Bendigo, Victoria
Died
13 December 2015(2015-12-13) (aged 72) Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Australian Labor Party (SA)
Alma mater
University of Adelaide (BA, LLB) Flinders University (PhD)
John Charles BannonAO (7 May 1943 – 13 December 2015) was an Australian politician and academic. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from a single term in opposition back to government at the 1982 election.
At the 1985 election Bannon's government was re-elected with an increased majority, but it was reduced to minority government status at the 1989 election. In 1992 Bannon became Labor's longest-serving and South Australia's second longest-serving Premier. As a result of the State Bank collapse, he resigned as Premier in 1992, and from parliament at the 1993 election landslide. He was also an academic and the Head of St Mark's College.
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