Electoral district of West Torrens

West Torrens
South Australia—House of Assembly

Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of West Torrens highlighted

Electoral district of West Torrens (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
State South Australia
Dates current 1857–1902, 1915–1938,
1956–1970, 2002–present
MP Tom Koutsantonis
Party Australian Labor Party
Electors 23,892 (2014)
Area 25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan
Coordinates 34°56′9″S 138°32′55″E / 34.93583°S 138.54861°ECoordinates: 34°56′9″S 138°32′55″E / 34.93583°S 138.54861°E

West Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the City of West Torrens because of its location on the River Torrens, it is a 25.1 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's west. It includes the suburbs and areas of Adelaide Airport, Brooklyn Park, Cowandilla, Hilton, Keswick Terminal, Kurralta Park, Marleston, Mile End, Mile End South, Netley, North Plympton, Richmond, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale and West Richmond, as well as parts of Lockleys.

West Torrens has had four incarnations as a South Australian Assembly electoral district (plus one as an early unicameral Council district). It was first used as district in the Legislative Council, from 1851 until 1857; Charles Simeon Hare, then Thomas Reynolds being the members.[1] From 1857 onwards, it became one of House of Assembly districts, returning two members until it was abolished as a name in 1902. In 1915, it was recreated as a House of Assembly seat returning two members, being abolished again in 1938 when single-member districts were introduced.[1] In 1955 it was recreated for the 1956 election, the first time that the district was represented by single-member. It was abolished in 1970 and replaced with the electoral district of Peake, until reverting to its original name for the 2002 state election, after a redistribution.

Members

First incarnation 1857–1902
TermMember 1Member 2
1857–1860 Luther Scammell James William Cole
1860–1861 Thomas Magarey George Morphett
1861–1862 Randolph Isham Stow
1862–1865 Henry Strangways
1865–1868 John Pickering
1868–1870 George Thomas Bean
1870–1870 John Pickering
1870–1871 William Henry Bean
1871–1871 James Boucaut
1871–1875 John Pickering
1875–1876 Benjamin Taylor
1876–1878 John Mitchell Sinclair
1878–1881 William James Magarey William Henry Bean
1881–1884 Frederick Estcourt Bucknall
1884–1887 Arthur Harvey
1887–1890 Benjamin Gould Benjamin Nash
1890–1893 Thomas Henry Brooker
1893–1901 Frances John Hourigan [d]
1901–1902
vacant
d = died 1 December 1901
Second incarnation 1915–1938
TermMember 1Member 2
1915–1918 Henry Chesson Thompson Green
1918–1938 Alfred Joseph Blackwell John McInnes
Third incarnation 1956–1970
TermMember
1956–1965 John Frederick Walsh
1965–1970 Glen Broomhill
Fourth incarnation 2002–
Term Member Party
2002–present   Tom Koutsantonis Australian Labor Party

Election results

South Australian state election, 2014: West Torrens[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 10,261 49.1 −1.0
Liberal Serge Ambrose 7,295 34.9 +2.0
Greens Tim White 2,454 11.7 −0.2
Family First Tim Leeder 894 4.3 +0.8
Total formal votes 20,904 96.7 +0.1
Informal votes 712 3.3 −0.1
Turnout 21,616 90.5 −1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 12,716 60.8 +0.0
Liberal Serge Ambrose 8,188 39.2 −0.0
Labor hold Swing +0.0

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ↑ State Election Results – West Torrens, ECSA.
  3. ↑ 2014 State Election Results – West Torrens, ABC.

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