ALP 12.2%
Incumbent MP
Tom Koutsantonis, since 2002. Previously Member for Peake 1997-2002.
Geography
Western Adelaide. West Torrens covers the suburbs immediately to the west of the Adelaide city centre, including Brooklyn Park, Cowandilla, Flinders Park, Hindmarsh, Hilton, Mile End, Mile End South, Netley, Richmond, Thebarton, Torrensville, Underdale and West Richmond, as well as parts of Welland and Allenby Gardens. The entire electorate lies within the West Torrens local government area.
Redistribution
West Torrens shifted north, losing the airport to Colton and the suburbs of North Plympton and Kurralta Park to Badcoe. The seat also gained Flinders Park, Hindmarsh and part of Welland and Allenby Gardens from Croydon. These changes increased the Labor margin from 10.8% to 12.2%.
History
An electorate named West Torrens has existed in five different incarnations since 1851. The current electorate has existed since 2002, replacing the electorate of Peake, which had replaced West Torrens in 1970.
The electorate of Peake and West Torrens has been held by the ALP at all but one election since 1970.
Don Simmons held Peake from 1970 to 1979, followed by Keith Plunkett from 1979 until 1989. Vic Heron held the seat for the ALP for one term, from 1989 to 1993.
In 1993, a redistribution forced Liberal member for Ashford Heini Becker to switch to Peake. Becker had held Ashford since 1970, and won Peake.
In 1997, Becker retired and Koutsantonis won Peake back for the ALP.
Koutsantonis was re-elected in 2002 in the renamed West Torrens, and again in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Koutsantonis has served as a minister since March 2009.
Candidates
- Phillip Beddall (Dignity)
- Livio Forza (Greens)
- Tom Koutsantonis (Labor)
- Josh Dimas (Danig Party)
- Helika Cruz (Liberal)
Assessment
West Torrens is a safe Labor seat.
2014 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Tom Koutsantonis | Labor | 10,261 | 49.1 | -1.0 | 50.1 |
| Serge Ambrose | Liberal | 7,295 | 34.9 | +2.0 | 34.0 |
| Tim White | Greens | 2,454 | 11.7 | -0.2 | 11.5 |
| Tim Leeder | Family First | 894 | 4.3 | +0.8 | 4.4 |
| Informal | 712 | 3.3 |
2014 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Tom Koutsantonis | Labor | 12,716 | 60.8 | 0.0 | 62.2 |
| Serge Ambrose | Liberal | 8,188 | 39.2 | 0.0 | 37.8 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in West Torrens have been divided into three areas: north, south and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 55% in the west to 65.7% in the north.
The Greens vote ranged from 9.3% in the south to 13% in the north.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 13.1 | 65.7 | 6,244 | 30.1 |
| South | 9.3 | 63.1 | 5,604 | 27.0 |
| West | 9.5 | 55.2 | 4,327 | 20.8 |
| Other votes | 14.1 | 60.8 | 4,594 | 22.1 |
Election results in West Torrens at the 2014 SA state election
Click on the ‘visible layers’ box to toggle between two-party-preferred votes and Greens primary votes.
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My prediction: Labor hold.