Electoral district of Torrens
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Torrens South Australia—House of Assembly |
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Electoral district of Torrens (green) in the Greater Adelaide area
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| State | South Australia |
| Dates current | 1902–1915, 1938–1985, 1993–present |
| MP | Dana Wortley |
| Party | Australian Labor Party (SA) |
| Namesake | Robert Richard Torrens |
| Electors | 23,294 (2014) |
| Area | 18.8 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 34°51′50″S 138°39′35″E / 34.86389°S 138.65972°ECoordinates: 34°51′50″S 138°39′35″E / 34.86389°S 138.65972°E |
Torrens is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. Located along the River Torrens, and named after Robert Richard Torrens, a 19th-century Premier of South Australia, and also the founder of the "Torrens title" land registration system. Torrens is an 18.8 km² urban electorate in Adelaide's north-east. It includes the suburbs of Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Northgate, Oakden and Windsor Gardens as well as parts of Dernancourt, Gilles Plains, Hope Valley, Klemzig and Northfield.
Torrens has had three incarnations as a South Australian electoral district. It was first created for the 1902 election as a large five-seat multi-member district stretching from the north-eastern suburbs right through to the south-western suburbs – the other two metropolitan seats of 13 seats total being central Adelaide and north-west to south-west Port Adelaide. Torrens was abolished and absorbed into the new seats of East Torrens and Sturt at the 1915 election.
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