Charlie John Stuart Lynn OAM (born 14 January 1945 in Orbost, Victoria) is an Australian former politician who served as a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1995 and 2015.
He has organised the Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon, the Anzac Day Marathon, the 18,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) Round Australia Relay for the Australian Cancer Foundation, the Great Australian Caravan Safari, the Darwin-Cairns-Melbourne Relay for the Melbourne Olympic Committee, and the international George Street Mile footrace.
[2] Lynn the stood as the Liberal candidate for at seat in the Australian Parliament at the Werriwa by-election of January 1994 in which his Labor opponent was future Opposition Leader Mark Latham.
Werriwa was a safe Labor seat and Latham was elected although Lynn again succeeded in achieving a swing for the Liberal Party.
[3] Lynn came close to being elected to Australian Parliament when he was preselected as the Liberal candidate for the marginal Labor seat of Macarthur.
Lynn filled Pickering's Legislative Council seat in return for giving up the Macarthur preselection for Fahey.
"[5] In 2003, Lynn under parliamentary privilege made an allegation that a senior minister, who he did not name, in the Carr Labor Government sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy.
[citation needed] He has lobbied the Australian Government to produce a Master Memorial Plan to protect, honour and interpret Australia and Papua New Guinea's shared wartime heritage across the Kokoda Trail.
In June 2020, Lynn declared he would cease his membership of Greater Western Sydney Giants AFL club in protest at players kneeling on one knee in an anti-racism demonstration before their clash against North Melbourne.