East Torrens South Australia—House of Assembly | |
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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]
First incarnation (1857–1902) | |||||||
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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) | |||||||||||
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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 | |||
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