East Torrens South Australia—House of Assembly
State	South Australia
Dates current	1857–1902, 1915–1938
Namesake	River Torrens
Demographic	Metropolitan

East Torrens was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1857 to 1902 and again from 1915 to 1938.^[1]

East Torrens was also the name of an electoral district of the unicameral South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 until its abolition in 1857, George Waterhouse (July 1851 to June 1854), Charles Fenn (June 1854 to August 1855) and John Bristow Hughes (September 1855 to February 1857) being the members.^[1]

Members

First incarnation (1857–1902)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	George Waterhouse		1857–1857		Charles Bonney		1857–1858
	Lavington Glyde		1857–1860		Charles Bonney		1857–1858
	Lavington Glyde		1857–1860		John Barrow		1858–1860
	Henry Mildred, Sr.		1860–1865		Neville Blyth		1860–1867
	Charles Goode		1865–1866
	Randolph Stow		1866–1868
	Randolph Stow		1866–1868		Daniel Fisher		1867–1870
	George Pearce		1868–1870		Daniel Fisher		1867–1870
	Henry Mildred, Jr.		1870–1871		Alexander Hay		1870–1871
	Edwin Smith		1871–1877		George Stevenson		1871–1875
	Edwin Smith		1871–1877		Thomas Playford		1875–1887
	David Murray		1877–1878
	Edwin Smith		1878–1893
					Saul Solomon		1887–1890
					Thomas Playford		1890–1894
	Frederick Coneybeer	Labor	1893–1902		Thomas Playford		1890–1894
					David Packham	Defence League	1894–1896
					John Darling, Jr.	National League	1896–1902

Second incarnation (1915–1938)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Frederick Coneybeer	Labor	1915–1917		John Southwood	Labor	1915–1917		Lionel Hill	Labor	1915–1917
		National	1917–1921			National	1917–1920		Walter Hamilton	Liberal Union	1917–1924
		National	1917–1921			Independent Labor	1920–1921
	Joseph Harper	Liberal Union	1921–1924		Leslie Hunkin	Labor	1921–1927
	Harry Kneebone	Labor	1924–1925						Frederick Coneybeer	Liberal Federation	1924–1930
	Walter Hamilton	Liberal Federation	1925–1930
	Walter Hamilton	Liberal Federation	1925–1930		Albert Sutton	Liberal Federation	1927–1930
	Beasley Kearney	Labor	1930–1933		Arthur McArthur	Labor	1930–1931		Frank Nieass	Labor	1930–1933
	Beasley Kearney	Labor	1930–1933		Arthur McArthur	Parliamentary Labor	1931–1933		Frank Nieass	Labor	1930–1933
	Charles Abbott	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Walter Hamilton	Liberal and Country	1933–1938		Frank Perry	Liberal and Country	1933–1938

References

^ ^a ^b "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2014.

Former electoral districts of South Australia

v t e Electoral districts of the South Australian House of Assembly
Labor (27)	Adelaide Badcoe Cheltenham Colton Croydon Davenport Elder Elizabeth Enfield Florey Gibson Giles Hurtle Vale Kaurna King Lee Light Mawson Newland Playford Port Adelaide Ramsay Reynell Taylor Torrens Waite West Torrens Wright
Liberal (15)	Black Bragg Chaffey Finniss Flinders Frome Hammond Hartley Heysen MacKillop Morialta Morphett Schubert Unley
Independent (4)	Kavel Mount Gambier Narungga Stuart
Vacant (1)	Dunstan

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