Electoral District Of West Torrens
West Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Named after the City of West Torrens because of its location on the River Torrens, it is a 26.7 km² urban electorate on Adelaide's western suburbs. It includes the suburbs of Adelaide Airport, Brooklyn Park, Mile End, Netley, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale, West Beach, West Richmond, as well as parts of Camden Park, Glenelg North, Lockleys, North Plympton and Novar Gardens.
West Torrens has had five incarnations as a South Australian electoral district. It was first used as district in the Legislative Council, from 1851 until 1856. From 1857 onwards, it became one of House of Assembly districts, returning two members until it was abolished as a name in 1901. In 1915, it was recreated as a House of Assembly seat returning two members, being abolished again in 1936. Single member Districts were introduced in 1938. In 1955 it was recreated for the 1956 election, the first time that the district was represented by single-member. It was abolished in 1970 and replaced with the electoral district of Peake, until reverting to its original name for the 2002 state election, after a redistribution.
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