Electoral results for the district of Torrens

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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Torrens in South Australian state elections.

Members for Torrens

First incarnation (1902-1915, 5 members)
Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other|  John Darling, junior Australian National League 1902-1905
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent|  John Jenkins Independent (Liberal) 1902-1905
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other|  George Soward Australian National League 1902-1905
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Thomas Price United Labor Party 1902-1909
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Frederick Coneybeer United Labor Party 1902-1915
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Crawford Vaughan United Labor Party 1905-1910
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  George Dankel United Labor Party 1905-1912
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Thomas Smeaton United Labor Party 1905-1915
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Thomas Ryan United Labor Party 1909-1912
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Commonwealth Liberal|  Herbert Hudd Liberal Union 1912-1915
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Commonwealth Liberal|  Herbert Parsons Liberal Union 1912-1915
Second incarnation (1938-1985, 1 member)
Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/LCL|  Shirley Jeffries Liberal and Country League 1938–1944
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Herbert Baldock Australian Labor Party 1944–1947
Template:Australian politics/party colours/LCL|  Shirley Jeffries Liberal and Country League 1947–1953
Template:Australian politics/party colours/LCL|  John Travers Liberal and Country League 1953–1956
Template:Australian politics/party colours/LCL|  John Coumbe Liberal and Country League 1956–1973
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Liberal Party of Australia 1973–1977
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Michael Wilson Liberal Party of Australia 1977–1985
Third incarnation (1993-present)
Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|  Joe Tiernan Liberal Party of Australia 1993–1994
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|  Robyn Geraghty Australian Labor Party 1994–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

South Australian state election, 2010: Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robyn Geraghty 10,265 49.4 -9.4
Liberal Stuart Lomax 7,292 35.1 +11.0
Greens Peter Fiebig 1,657 8.0 +1.5
Family First Owen Hood 1,575 7.6 +0.3
Total formal votes 20,789 96.4
Informal votes 710 3.6
Turnout 21,499 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robyn Geraghty 11,988 57.7 -11.5
Liberal Stuart Lomax 8,801 42.3 +11.5
Labor hold Swing -11.5

Elections in the 2000s

South Australian state election, 2006: Torrens
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robyn Geraghty 11,587 58.8 +10.7
Liberal Adam Howard 4,738 24.0 -8.6
Family First Owen Hood 1,439 7.3 +1.3
Greens Sally Reid 1,274 6.5 +6.5
Democrats Luke Fraser 672 3.4 -5.4
Total formal votes 19,710 96.4
Informal votes 689 3.6
Turnout 20,399 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robyn Geraghty 13,614 69.1 +10.7
Liberal Adam Howard 6,096 30.9 -10.7
Labor hold Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1990s

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Torrens by-election, 1994[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robyn Geraghty 8,261 47.14 +11.66
Liberal Stephen Ernst 7,785 44.42 -3.98
HEMP David Sag 459 2.62 +2.62
Independent (No Mining in National Parks) Scott Wilson 336 1.92 +1.92
Grey Power William Patrick 224 1.28 +1.28
Independent (Christians for Law and Order) Robert Payne 214 1.22 +1.22
Independent Bernhard Cotton 166 0.95 +0.95
Independent (Smokers' Rights) Dorothy Bremert 79 0.45 +0.45
Total formal votes 17,524 95.78 -0.10
Informal votes 773 4.22 +0.10
Turnout 18,297 85.34 -8.89
Labor Robyn Geraghty 9,185 52.41 +8.63
Liberal Stephen Ernst 8,339 47.59 -8.63
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.63

References

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 9780975048634
  2. ^ State Electoral Office (1995). Statistical returns for general elections—11 December 1993 and By-elections. pp. 166, 188–189.
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