Electoral results for the district of West Torrens

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 2010s

South Australian state election, 2014: West Torrens[1]
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

South Australian state election, 2010: 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

South Australian state election, 2006: 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

South Australian state election, 2002: 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

South Australian state election, 1968: 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

South Australian state election, 1965: 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

South Australian state election, 1962: 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. 2014 State Election Results – West Torrens, ECSA.

• SA elections archive: Antony Green ABC
• 2002 SA election: Antony Green ABC