Torrens

2022–2026 electoral district map

Electoral District of Torrens (PDF, 706KB)

Features of the district

Location

This district located to the north-east of the City of Adelaide consists largely of residential suburbs. Most of its southern boundary is defined by the River Torrens/Karrawirra Parri.

Area

Approximately 17.9 km²

Localities

Torrens includes the suburbs of Gilles Plains, Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Manningham, Oakden, Vale Park, Valley View and Windsor Gardens.

History

The district of Torrens has had three incarnations as a House of Assembly seat. It first existed from 1902 until 1915 as a large multi-member district covering most of the eastern suburbs of Adelaide. In its next two incarnations, from 1938 until 1985 and from 1993 until present, Torrens has been a much smaller metropolitan seat in Adelaide's inner north-eastern suburbs, located around or adjacent to the Torrens River.

Origin of the name

The district is named after Sir Robert Richard Torrens GCMG (1814–1884), a former premier of South Australia and the founder of the Torrens land title land registration system. Torrens migrated to Adelaide from Ireland in 1839. He was at various times Collector of Customs, Legislative Councillor (1851), Treasurer, and Premier and was appointed as the first Registrar General. He introduced the Real Property Act (the Torrens-title system of land registration) that was adopted by other colonies and eventually many countries throughout the world. The namesake River Torrens currently runs along much of the southern boundary of the electoral district.

Key boundary changes following the 2020 redistribution

Torrens gains the suburb of Valley View and loses the suburb of Dernancourt.

For full details see the 2020 Report of the Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission (PDF, 1.6MB)

Representation and results

Election results

• 2022 State Election results
• 2018 State Election results
• 2014 State Election results 
• 2010 State Election results