West Torrens South Australia—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() 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 / 34.93583°S 138.54861°E | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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