Electoral district of West Torrens explained

West Torrens
State:	sa
Image Alt:	Map of Adelaide, South Australia with electoral district of West Torrens highlighted
Lifespan:	1857–1902, 1915–1938, 1956–1970, 2002–present
Mp:	Tom Koutsantonis
Mp-Party:	Australian Labor Party (SA)
Namesake:	City of West Torrens
Electors:	25777
Electors Year:	2018
Area:	18.3
Class:	Metropolitan
Coordinates:	-34.9358°N 138.5486°W
Near-Nw:	Cheltenham
Near-N:	Croydon
Near-Ne:	Adelaide
Near-E:	Adelaide
Near-Se:	Unley
Near-S:	Badcoe
Near-Sw:	Morphett
Near-W:	Colton
Footnotes:	Electoral District map^[1]

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 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
	Thomas Magarey		1860–1862	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
	W. H. Bean		1870–1871	James Boucaut		1871–1875
	John Pickering		1871–1878	James Boucaut		1871–1875
					Benjamin Taylor		1875–1876
					J. M. Sinclair		1876–1878
		W. J. Magarey		1878–1881			W. H. Bean		1878–1884
	F. E. Bucknall		1881–1887				W. H. Bean		1878–1884
	F. E. Bucknall		1881–1887		Arthur Harvey		1884–1887
		Benjamin Gould		1887–1893			Benjamin Nash		1887–1890
		Benjamin Gould		1887–1893		T. H. Brooker		1890–1902
		Frank Hourigan	Labor	1893–1901		T. H. Brooker		1890–1902

Second incarnation (1915–1938) (Two-member electorate)
Member	Party	Term	Member	Party	Term
	Henry Chesson	Labor	1915–1917		Thompson Green	Labor	1915–1917
	Henry Chesson	National	1917–1918		Thompson Green	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

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of West Torrens.

References

Notes and References

Electoral District of West Torrens . . 2018 . 1 April 2018 .
Web site: Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 – 2007 . Parliament of South Australia . 27 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190311113513/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf . 11 March 2019 . dead .