Electoral district of East Torrens explained

East Torrens
State:	sa
Lifespan:	1857–1902, 1915–1938
Namesake:	River Torrens
Class:	Metropolitan

East Torrens was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.^[1]

East Torrens was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, George Waterhouse (July 1851 to June 1854), Charles Fenn (June 1854 to August 1855) and John Bristow Hughes (September 1855 to February 1857) being the members.^[1]

Members

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		George Waterhouse		1857–1857			Charles Bonney		1857–1858
	Lavington Glyde		1857–1860				Charles Bonney		1857–1858
	Lavington Glyde		1857–1860		John Barrow		1858–1860
		Henry Mildred, Sr.		1860–1865		Neville Blyth		1860–1867
		Charles Goode		1865–1866
	Randolph Stow		1866–1868
	Randolph Stow		1866–1868	Daniel Fisher		1867–1870
		George Pearce		Daniel Fisher		1867–1870	1868–1870
		Henry Mildred, Jr.		1870–1871			Alexander Hay		1870–1871
		Edwin Smith		1871–1877			George Stevenson		1871–1875
		Edwin Smith		1871–1877		Thomas Playford		1875–1887
		David Murray		1877–1878
	Edwin Smith		1878–1893
					Saul Solomon		1887–1890
				Thomas Playford		1890–1894
	Frederick Coneybeer	Labor	1893–1902	Thomas Playford		1890–1894
					David Packham	Defence League	1894–1896
					John Darling, Jr.	National League	1896–1902

Second incarnation (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		Frederick Coneybeer	Labor	1915–1917			John Southwood	Labor	1915–1917			Lionel Hill	Labor	1915–1917
	National		1917–1921			National		1917–1920		Walter Hamilton	Liberal Union	1917–1924
	National		1917–1921		Independent Labor	1920–1921
		Joseph Harper	Liberal Union	1921–1924		Leslie Hunkin	Labor	1921–1927
		Harry Kneebone	Labor	1924–1925					Frederick Coneybeer	Liberal Federation	1924–1930
	Walter Hamilton	Liberal Federation	1925–1930
	Walter Hamilton	Liberal Federation	1925–1930		Albert Sutton	Liberal Federation	1927–1930
	Beasley Kearney	Labor	1930–1933			Arthur McArthur	Labor	1930–1931		Frank Nieass	Labor	1930–1933
	Beasley Kearney	Labor	1930–1933		Parliamentary Labor	Arthur McArthur	1931–1933			Frank Nieass	Labor	1930–1933
		Charles Abbott	Liberal and Country	1933–1938			Walter Hamilton	Liberal and Country	1933–1938			Frank Perry	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

References

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Notes and References

Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836–2007 . Parliament of South Australia . 17 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .