Electoral district of East Torrens

East Torrens
South Australia—House of Assembly
StateSouth Australia
Dates current1857–1902, 1915–1938
NamesakeRiver Torrens
DemographicMetropolitan

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  
  John Barrow 1858–1860
  Henry Mildred, Sr. 1860–1865   Neville Blyth 1860–1867
  Charles Goode 1865–1866
  Randolph Stow 1866–1868
  Daniel Fisher 1867–1870
  George Pearce 1868–1870
  Henry Mildred, Jr. 1870–1871   Alexander Hay 1870–1871
  Edwin Smith 1871–1877   George Stevenson 1871–1875
    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
  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
  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  
  Albert Sutton Liberal Federation 1927–1930
  Beasley Kearney Labor 1930–1933   Arthur McArthur Labor 1930–1931   Frank Nieass Labor 1930–1933
  Parliamentary Labor 1931–1933
  Charles Abbott Liberal and Country 1933–1938   Walter Hamilton Liberal and Country 1933–1938   Frank Perry Liberal and Country 1933–1938

References

  1. ^ 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.

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