David Tonkin

David Oliver Tonkin AO (20 ga Yuli 1929 – 2 ga Oktoba 2000) ɗan siyasa ne na ƙasar Australiya wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Firayim Minista na 38 na Kudancin Ostiraliya daga 18 ga Satumba 1979 zuwa 10 ga Nuwamba 1982. An zaɓe shi a matsayin kujerar Majalisar Dokoki ta Bragg a zaɓen 1970, inda ya yi aiki har zuwa 1983. Ya zama shugaban Sashen Kudancin Ostiraliya na Jam'iyyar Liberal ta Australiya a 1975, inda ya maye gurbin Bruce Eastick. Da farko ya jagoranci jam'iyyar zuwa ga shan kaye a zaɓen 1977 da gwamnatin Don Dunstan Labour, jam'iyyarsa ta lashe zaɓen 1979 da gwamnatin Des Corcoran Labour. Bayan zaɓen Norwood na 1980, gwamnatin Tonkin ta ragu zuwa rinjayen kujeru ɗaya. Tsarin manufofin gwamnatinsa ya haɗa ra'ayin mazan jiya na tattalin arziki da ci gaban zamantakewa . An kayar da gwamnatin Tonkin Liberal bayan wa'adi ɗaya a zaɓen 1982 ta Labour ƙarƙashin jagorancin John Bannon.

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi David Tonkin a Unley, Kudancin Ostiraliya, a ranar 20 ga Yuli, 1929. Lokacin da yake ɗan shekara biyar, mahaifinsa, Oliver, ya mutu, ya bar mahaifiyar Tonkin, Bertha, don ta rene shi. Tonkin ya halarci makarantun gwamnati na gida kafin ya sami tallafin karatu a Kwalejin St Peter. An karɓe shi a fannin likitanci a Jami'ar Adelaide, Tonkin ya yi aiki a matsayin direban tasi yayin da yake kammala karatunsa na digiri kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Likita na Janar kafin ya yi karatun digiri na biyu a fannin ido a Landan. Ya kafa aiki a Adelaide kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka ɗauke shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan likitocin ido na birnin. Tonkin ya fito ne daga dangin Cornish. 

Jajircewar Tonkin wajen taimaka wa al'umma ta bayyana ne ta hanyar hidimarsa ta girmamawa a matsayin likitan ido a asibitocin gwamnati na Adelaide da kuma ta hanyar ƙaddamar da shirin tantance cutar glaucoma na farko a Ostiraliya, ta hanyar Lions Club . A shekarar 1962, Tonkin ya zama babban darektan gidauniyar rigakafin makanta ta Australiya, SA Inc. 

 Sana'a 
Tun yana ƙarami, Tonkin ya kasance mai goyon bayan ƙungiyar Liberal and Country League (LCL), inda ya raba katunan zaɓe a zaɓen 1939 ga jam'iyyar. Shahararsa a cikin al'ummar Adelaide da kuma hidimarsa ga al'umma ya sa ya zama ɗan takarar LCL mai kyau. A shekarar 1968, ya yi rashin nasara wajen ƙalubalantar Firimiya Don Dunstan a kujerar Dunstan ta Norwood kafin ya zama memba na farko da ya tsaya takarar kujerar Bragg a zaɓen 1970.

Tonkin ya sami suna cikin sauri a matsayin memba mai ci gaba na LCL. Ya kasance farkon mai goyon bayan ƙungiyar Liberal Movement da tsohon firayim minista Steele Hall ya kafa, kodayake Tonkin ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da LCL lokacin da Liberal Movement ta rabu da ita.

Tonkin ya samu karbuwa a duk fadin jihar a shekarar 1974, lokacin da ya gabatar da kudirin wani memba mai zaman kansa na haramta wariyar jinsi, doka ta farko irin wannan a Ostiraliya. Shekara guda bayan haka, wannan shaharar ta sa ya kalubalanci Bruce Eastick don jagorantar abin da a wancan lokacin ya zama reshen Jam'iyyar Liberal ta Kudu ta Ostiraliya. Tonkin ya zama shugaba bayan da Eastick ya tsaya gefe.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2000
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1929