Bruce Charles Eastick, (born 25 October 1927) is a former

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n politician, and was South Australian Leader of the Opposition from 1972 to 1975. He was a member of the

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(LCL), later renamed the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1974. He represented the

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seat of

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from 1970 to 1993.

Gawler Council

Eastick was a member of the Gawler Council from 1963 to 1972, and served as mayor from 1968 to 1972. He had a second stint as mayor from 1993South Australian Government Gazette, 1 April 1993
/ref> to 2000.

Parliament

Eastick was elected to the House of Assembly for Light, based on Gawler, in 1970. Two years later, after

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resigned as LCL leader, the party elected Eastick as his successor. Eastick led his party to the

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and 1975 elections, losing both to the

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-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 rename itself as the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, although a separate state Country Party had been reformed in 1963. He was thus the only LCL leader to have never served as

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. Eastick also served as

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when his successor as South Australia Liberal leader,

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, was Premier from 1979 to 1982.

Honours

In 1996, Eastick was made a

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(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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eastick, Bruce 1927 births Leaders of the opposition in South Australia Liberal and Country League politicians Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of South Australia Living people Members of the Order of Australia Speakers of the South Australian House of Assembly