Nick McBride

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nick McBride | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | constituency_AM = MacKillop | assembly = South Australian House of | term_start = 17 March 2018 | term_end = 21 March 2026 | predecessor = Mitch Williams | successor = Jason Virgo | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Independent | other_party = Liberal (until 2023) | spouse = | relations = | children = | occupation = Politician, grazier | education = Kingston Area School, Prince Alfred College | website = {{URL|https://nickmcbride.com.au/}} }}

'''Philip Nicholas McBride''' is an Australian former politician. He served as the member for MacKillop in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2018 until his defeat at the 2026 state election.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl|pid=5383|name=Philip (Nick) Nicholas McBride|former=|access-date=12 November 2022}}</ref> == Political career == McBride was a member of the Liberal Party until 5 July 2023, when he announced that he was quitting the party to sit as an independent in the House of Assembly. He cited “dark forces” and "divisive factionalism" within the South Australia Liberal Party as the reason for his decision,<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 July 2023 |title=MacKillop MP Nick McBride quits SA Liberal Party |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/southeast-mp-nick-mcbride-quit-the-sa-liberals-over-divisive-factionalism |work=The Advertiser}}{{Dead link|date=January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=2023-07-15 |title=The factional feud prompting claims the SA Liberals are 'at war with themselves' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-16/sa-liberals-criticised-for-being-at-war-with-themselves/102601344 |access-date=2023-10-11 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> generally considered to be a reference to the SA Liberal’s increasingly right-wing positions, and the dramatic increase of conservative Pentecostal party members.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 July 2023 |title='Dark forces': Liberal factional tensions erupt as MP turns independent - InDaily |url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/07/06/dark-forces-liberal-factional-tensions-erupt-as-mp-turns-independent/}}</ref>

==Other activities == McBride was president of the Grassland Society of South Australia in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/sa-election-2018/guide/mack/|title=MacKillop - SA Election 2018|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|first=Antony|last=Green|authorlink=Antony Green|date=2018}}</ref>

== Personal life == McBride's great-grandfather was Sir Philip McBride, a founding member of the Liberal Party of Australia and Minister for Defence in the Menzies Government.{{cn|date=December 2025}} McBride is also a grazier; his family has owned Conmurra Station since the 1930s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Blandis |first=Eva |date=2025-05-07 |title=SA MP appears in court over assault charges |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-07/sa-mp-nick-mcbride-appears-in-court-over-assault-charges/105262806 |access-date=2025-05-07 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

McBride allegedly assaulted his wife in April 2025 and was charged with three counts of assault.<ref name=":0" /> On Saturday 27 December 2025, he was arrested at his home at Conmurra and charged with aggravated assault, breaching bail, and breaching the terms of an intervention order.<ref>{{cite web | last=Earl | first=Lechelle | title=MacKillop MP arrested | website=The SE Voice | date=27 December 2025 | url=https://sevoice.com.au/mackillop-mp-arrested/ | access-date=27 December 2025}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cite web |url=https://saliberal.org.au/team/nick-mcbride |title=Nick McBride |publisher=Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division) |access-date=14 September 2021}}

{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-sa-la}} {{s-bef|before=Mitch Williams}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for MacKillop | years=2018–2026}} {{s-aft|after=Jason Virgo}} {{s-end}}

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