Bruce Eastick

Bruce Charles Eastick was an Australian politician who was the Leader of [the Opposition (South Australia)|South Australian Leader of the Opposition] from 1972 to 1975. He was a member of the Liberal and Country League, later renamed the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1974. He represented the South [Australian House of Assembly] seat of Light from 1970 to 1993.

Gawler Council

Eastick was a member of the Gawler Council from 1963 to 1972, and was mayor from 1968 to 1972. He had a second stint as mayor from 1993 to 2000.

Eastick was elected to the House of Assembly for Light, based on Gawler, in 1970. Two years later, after Steele Hall resigned as LCL leader, the party elected Eastick as his successor.
Eastick led his party to the 1973 South [Australian state election|1973] and 1975 [South Australian state election|1975 elections], losing both to the Don Dunstan-led Australian [Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|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 re-formed in 1963. He was thus the only LCL leader to have never served as Premier of South Australia.
Eastick was Speaker of [the South Australian House of Assembly] when his successor as South Australia Liberal leader, David Tonkin, was premier from 1979 to 1982.

Eastick died on 5 December 2025 at the age of 98.

In 1996, Eastick was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of his "service to the South Australian Parliament, local government and the community".
Eastick was the eldest son of Sir Tom Eastick.