page_title: John Bannon
section_title: Death
hierarchical_section_title: John Bannon / Death
caption_attribution_description: English: Victoria Bannon eulogising her father John Bannon at his state funeral, St Peter's Cathedral, 21 December 2015. Original filename = PC217260.JPG. (The last photo taken before being asked to leave by an unfriendly protocol droid, as "not being official media".)
context_page_description: John Charles Bannon AO 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.
  Just as the Prime Ministry of Bob Hawke stressed cohesion and conflict resolution in a way that Gough Whitlam's had not, so Bannon's consensual approach to government differed markedly from the more obviously radical Don Dunstan era. 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.
context_section_description: Bannon died of cancer on 13 December 2015, aged 72, and was active right up until his death. He was given a state funeral on 21 December 2015.
caption: Victoria Bannon eulogising her father at his state funeral.
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