Preceded by Steele Hall Succeeded by David Tonkin Role Politician | Name Bruce Eastick Preceded by John Freebairn | |
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Born 25 October 1927 ( 1927-10-25 ) Political party Liberal and Country League, Liberal Party of Australia | ||
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Bruce Charles Eastick (born 25 October 1927) is a former South Australian politician and South Australian Leader of the Opposition from 1972 to 1975. He was a member of the Liberal and Country League (LCL) which was succeeded in 1974 by the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia. He represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Light from 1970 to 1993.
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Gawler Council
Eastick served as a member of the Gawler Council from 1963 to 1968 and as Mayor from 1968 to 1972. He would later serve a second stint as mayor from 1993 to 2000.
Parliament
Eastick led his party to the 1973 and 1975 elections, losing both to the Don Dunstan-led South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. His term as leader saw the LCL, the state's main conservative party since 1932, formally reconstruct itself as the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, though a separate state Country Party had been reformed in 1963. As such, he was the only LCL leader to have never served as Premier.
Eastick also served as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly when his successor as South Australia Liberal leader, David Tonkin, served as Premier from 1979 to 1982.
Honours
In 1996 Eastick was made a member of The Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of his "service to the South Australian Parliament, local government and the community".
Eastick is the eldest son of Sir Thomas Charles ("Tom") Eastick.