Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: liberal party of australia - monarch: elizabeth ii - deputy: roger goldsworthy roger goldsworthy - predecessor: des corcoran des corcoran bruce eastick new seat - birth date: 20 july 1929 - order: 38th 1979 , 1982 30th leader of the opposition -lrb- sa premier -rrb- of south australia elections : 1977 , - death date: 2 october 2000 - office: treasurer of south australia - term end: 10 14 may 1983 november 1982 10 november 1982 18 september 1979 - name: dr. david tonkin - premier: david tonkin - death place: mengler hill , south australia - birth place: adelaide , south australia - successor: john bannon john bannon john bannon graham ingerson - nationality: australian australia - constituency mp: bragg - term start: 18 1970 september 1979 18 september 1979 1975 30 may - image: davidtonkin.jpg - governor: sir keith seaman sir donald dunstan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david tonkin .
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dr david oliver tonkin ao -lrb- 20 july 1929 -- 2 october 2000 -rrb- was the 38th premier of south australia , serving from 18 september 1979 to 10 november 1982 .he was elected to the house of assembly seat of bragg at the 1970 election , serving until 1983 .he became the leader of the south australian division of the liberal party of australia in 1975 , replacing bruce eastick .initially leading the party to defeat at the 1977 election against the don dunstan labor government , his party won the 1979 election against the des corcoran labor government .following the 1980 norwood by-election the tonkin government was reduced to a one-seat majority .his government 's policy approach combined economic conservatism with social progressivism .the tonkin liberal government was defeated after one term at the 1982 election by labor led by john bannon .