Electoral district of Millicent

Millicent
South Australia—House of Assembly
State South Australia
Created 1956
Abolished 1977
Namesake Millicent, South Australia
Demographic Rural
Coordinates 37°50′S 140°21′E / 37.833°S 140.350°E / -37.833; 140.350Coordinates: 37°50′S 140°21′E / 37.833°S 140.350°E / -37.833; 140.350

Millicent was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1956 to 1977.[1]

The seat of Millicent came from the south of the seat of Victoria and was held by Labor as a marginal to safe seat until the 1975 election with the seat won by the Liberals as a fairly safe seat for one term until it was abolished, with the town of Millicent absorbed back into the seat of Victoria. Its best-known holder was Des Corcoran, who served as Deputy Premier under Don Dunstan.

A redistribution ahead of the 1975 election made Millicent notionally Liberal, prompting Corcoran to transfer to Coles. That move proved prescient, as the 1975 election saw permanent large two-party swings away from Labor in a few rural seats − 13.5 percent in Chaffey, 15.5 percent in Mount Gambier and 16.4 percent in Millicent.

The town of Millicent is currently located in the safe Liberal seat of MacKillop. The two current Millicent booths totaling 3,000 voters are fairly safe and safe Liberal.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Jim Corcoran Labor 1956–1962
  Des Corcoran Labor 1962–1975
  Murray Vandepeer Liberal 1975–1977

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Record of the Legislature, 1836 - 2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
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