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Electoral results for the district of West Torrens

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South Australian district election results

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of West Torrens in South Australian state elections.

Members for West Torrens

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Luther Scammell 1857–1860   James Cole 1857–1860
  Thomas Magarey 1860–1862   George Morphett 1860–1861
  Randolph Stow 1861–1865
  Henry Strangways 1862–1871
  John Pickering 1865–1868
  George Bean 1868–1870
  John Pickering 1870–1870
  William Bean 1870–1871
  James Boucaut 1871–1875
  John Pickering 1871–1878
  Benjamin Taylor 1875–1876
  John Sinclair 1876–1878
  William Magarey 1878–1881   William Bean 1878–1884
  Frederick Bucknall 1881–1887  
  Arthur Harvey 1884–1887
  Benjamin Gould 1887–1893   Benjamin Nash 1887–1890
    Thomas Brooker 1890–1902
  Frank Hourigan 1893–1901
Second incarnation (1915–1938)
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)
Member Party Term
  Fred Walsh Labor 1956–1965
  Glen Broomhill Labor 1965–1970
Fourth incarnation (2002–present)
Member Party Term
  Tom Koutsantonis Labor 2002–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 South Australian state election (House of Assembly) § 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

Elections in the 2010s

2018 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 11,147 50.3 −0.3
Liberal Helika Cruz 7,082 32.0 −1.5
Greens Livio Forza 2,563 11.6 −0.1
Dignity Phillip Beddall 1,100 5.0 +5.0
Danig Josh Dimas 270 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 22,162 95.5 −1.2
Informal votes 1,037 4.5 +1.2
Turnout 23,199 90.0 +3.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 14,010 63.2 +0.9
Liberal Helika Cruz 8,152 36.8 −0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9
2014 South Australian state election: West Torrens
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
2010 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 9,684 47.3 −9.3
Liberal Jassmine Wood 7,449 36.4 +9.5
Greens Tim White 2,232 10.9 +2.6
Family First David Beattie 636 3.1 −1.9
Save the RAH Kon Briggs 477 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 20,478 96.4
Informal votes 711 3.6
Turnout 21,189 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 11,613 56.7 −11.5
Liberal Jassmine Wood 8,865 43.3 +11.5
Labor hold Swing −11.5

Elections in the 2000s

2006 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 11,222 56.6 +10.8
Liberal Emilio Costanzo 5,318 26.8 −8.6
Greens Timothy White 1,644 8.3 +2.1
Family First David Wall 988 5.0 +2.2
Democrats Nicole Prince 660 3.3 −3.2
Total formal votes 19,832 96.6
Informal votes 694 3.4
Turnout 20,526 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 13,536 68.3 +9.7
Liberal Emilio Costanzo 6,296 31.7 −9.7
Labor hold Swing +9.7
2002 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 9,452 45.8 +6.6
Liberal Theo Vlassis 7,307 35.4 −0.5
Democrats Nicole Lomman 1,353 6.6 −7.0
Greens Deb Cashel 1,284 6.2 +6.2
Family First Lawrence Chattaway 568 2.8 +2.8
SA First Alex Filipovic 375 1.8 +1.8
One Nation Jean Holmes 300 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 20,639 96.6
Informal votes 721 3.4
Turnout 21,360 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Koutsantonis 12,090 58.6 +4.1
Liberal Theo Vlassis 8,549 41.4 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1960s

1968 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Glen Broomhill 20,283 55.7 −1.1
Liberal and Country Ross Stanford 14,838 40.7 −2.5
Democratic Labor Gary Lockwood 1,295 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 36,416 97.9 +0.6
Informal votes 771 2.1 −0.6
Turnout 37,187 94.5 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Glen Broomhill 20,477 56.2 −0.6
Liberal and Country Ross Stanford 15,939 43.8 +0.6
Labor hold Swing −0.6
1965 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Glen Broomhill 18,496 56.8 −0.7
Liberal and Country Parker Morton 14,068 43.2 +4.8
Total formal votes 32,564 97.3 −1.3
Informal votes 899 2.7 +1.3
Turnout 33,463 94.1 +0.3
Labor hold Swing −1.3
1962 South Australian state election: West Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Walsh 16,453 57.5 +6.9
Liberal and Country Parker Morton 10,983 38.4 −5.5
Democratic Labor Thomas Keain 1,177 4.1 −1.4
Total formal votes 28,613 98.6 +1.0
Informal votes 392 1.4 −1.0
Turnout 29,005 93.8 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Walsh 16,630 58.1 +6.7
Liberal and Country Parker Morton 11,983 41.9 −6.7
Labor hold Swing +6.7

References

  1. State Election Results - District Results for West Torrens, ECSA.
  2. 2014 State Election Results – West Torrens, ECSA.
Electoral results for the districts of the South Australian House of Assembly
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