ALP 10.0%
Incumbent MP
Dana Wortley, since 2014.
Geography
North-eastern Adelaide. Torrens covers the suburbs of Greenacres, Hampstead Gardens, Hillcrest, Holden Hill, Klemzig, Oakden, Gilles Plains, Windsor Gardens, Valley View, and parts of Broadview, Hope Valley, Vale Park and Northfield.
History
The electorate has existed continuously since 1993. The seat was won in 1993 by the Liberal Party, but it has been held by the ALP continuously since a 1994 by-election.
The name ‘Torrens’ was used for two previous electorates: a multi-member electorate from 1902 to 1915, and another district from 1938 to 1985. The 1938-85 seat was held by the Liberal Party for all but one term during its existence.
The current version of Torrens was created as a notional Labor seat in 1993, but was won by the Liberal Party’s Joe Tiernan.
Tiernan died in 1994, and the ensuing Torrens by-election was won by Robyn Geraghty.
Geraghty was re-elected in 1997, 2002, 2006 and 2010. Her margin peaked at 19.1% at the 2006 election.
Geraghty retired in 2014, and the seat was won by Labor’s Dana Wortley. Wortley was re-elected in 2018 and 2022.
Candidates
Sitting Labor MP Dana Wortley is not running for re-election.
- David Medlock (One Nation)
- Meagan Spencer (Labor)
- Haritha Yara (Liberal)
Assessment
Torrens is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Dana Wortley | Labor | 11,732 | 48.6 | +5.3 |
| Ursula Henderson | Liberal | 8,114 | 33.6 | -3.2 |
| Lazaras Panayiotou | Greens | 2,559 | 10.6 | +3.3 |
| Mervin Joshua | Family First | 1,737 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| Informal | 772 | 3.1 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Dana Wortley | Labor | 14,475 | 60.0 | +4.3 |
| Ursula Henderson | Liberal | 9,667 | 40.0 | -4.3 |
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, east and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 56.4% in the west to 61.5% in the centre.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9.7% in the centre to 12.6% in the west.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ALP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 9.7 | 61.5 | 5,275 | 21.8 |
| East | 11.2 | 61.2 | 5,164 | 21.4 |
| West | 12.6 | 56.4 | 4,547 | 18.8 |
| Other votes | 9.8 | 60.1 | 9,156 | 37.9 |
Election results in Torrens at the 2022 South Australian state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Dana Wortley announced her retirement around 10 days ago, Labor haas preselected Meagan Spencer for this seat.
Labor retain.
@James my prediction is that even with all these high profile retirements, there will be no Labor-held seats in Adelaide that will flip the other way round. In other words I’m fairly confident that Dunstan, Black, Waite will be Labor holds, and Labor has a decent shot with flipping Hartley, Morialta and maybe even Bragg.
@Tommo9 – couldn’t agree with you more. Especially considering the last time a Liberal won Torrens was in the 1993 landslide, and even then the MP lasted just a year as I believe he died in office.