Electoral district of West Torrens

West Torrens is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the City of West Torrens (which is so-named because of its location on the River Torrens), it is a 25.1 km² suburban electorate in Adelaide's west. It includes the suburbs and areas of Brooklyn Park, Cowandilla, Flinders Park, Hilton, Hindmarsh, Keswick Terminal, Marleston, Mile End, Mile End South, Netley, Richmond, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale and West Richmond, as well as parts of Allenby Gardens, Lockleys, Welland and West Hindmarsh.

West Torrens South Australia—House of Assembly
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 (SA)
Namesake	City of West Torrens
Electors	25,777 (2018)
Area	18.3 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	34°56′9″S 138°32′55″E
Electorates around West Torrens: Cheltenham Croydon Adelaide Colton West Torrens Adelaide Morphett Badcoe Unley
Footnotes
Electoral District map[1]

West Torrens has had several incarnations, first as a Legislative Council district, then four times as a South Australian House of Assembly electoral district.

• It was first used as district in the Legislative Council, from 1851 until 1857, with Charles Simeon Hare and then Thomas Reynolds being the members.^[2]
• From 1857 it became a House of Assembly district, returning two members until it was abolished as a name at the 1902 election.
• At the 1915 election, it was recreated as a House of Assembly seat returning two members, being abolished again at the 1938 election when single-member districts were introduced.^[2]
• In 1955 it was recreated to replace the abolished seat of Thebarton for the 1956 election, the first time that the district was represented by a single member. It was abolished at the 1970 election and replaced with the electoral district of Peake.
• It reverted to its original name for the 2002 election, after a redistribution.

Members

First incarnation (1857–1902) (Two-member electorate)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Luther Scammell		1857–1860		James Cole		1857–1860
	Thomas Magarey		1860–1862		George Morphett		1860–1861
					Randolph Stow		1861–1862
	Henry Strangways		1862–1871
					Augustine Stow		1862–1865
					John Pickering		1865–1868
					G. T. Bean		1868–1870
					John Pickering		1870–1870
	W. H. Bean		1870–1871
					James Boucaut		1871–1875
	John Pickering		1871–1878
					Benjamin Taylor		1875–1876
					J. M. Sinclair		1876–1878
	W. J. Magarey		1878–1881		W. H. Bean		1878–1884
	F. E. Bucknall		1881–1887
					Arthur Harvey		1884–1887
	Benjamin Gould		1887–1893		Benjamin Nash		1887–1890
					T. H. Brooker		1890–1902
	Frank Hourigan	Labor	1893–1901

Second incarnation (1915–1938) (Two-member electorate)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Chesson	Labor	1915–1917		Thompson Green	Labor	1915–1917
		National	1917–1918			National	1917–1918
	Alfred Blackwell	Labor	1918–1931		John McInnes	Labor	1918–1931
		Parliamentary Labor	1931–1934			Parliamentary Labor	1931–1934
		Labor	1934–1938			Labor	1934–1938

Third incarnation (1956–1970) (Single-member electorate)
Member		Party	Term
	Fred Walsh	Labor	1956–1965
	Glen Broomhill	Labor	1965–1970

Fourth incarnation (2002–present) (Single-member electorate)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Koutsantonis	Labor	2002–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of West Torrens

2022 South Australian state election: West Torrens

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Koutsantonis	12,496	54.9	+4.3
	Liberal	Helika Cruz	6,353	27.9	−2.4
	Greens	Peta-Anne Louth	3,919	17.2	+5.8
Total formal votes			22,768	97.0
Informal votes			708	3.0
Turnout			23,476	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Koutsantonis	15,654	68.8	+4.5
	Liberal	Helika Cruz	7,114	31.2	−4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § West Torrens.[edit]

Notes

1. Electoral District of West Torrens (Map). Electoral Commission of South Australia. 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

References

• ECSA profile for West Torrens: 2018
• ABC profile for West Torrens: 2018
• Poll Bludger profile for West Torrens: 2018