Electoral district of Millicent
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| 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 |
Millicent was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1956 to 1977.[1]
Based on the town of Millicent, the seat was carved out of the south of the seat of Victoria. It 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 Murray Vandepeer took the seat for the Liberals on a swing of 16.4 percent. Millicent was one of several country seats that saw large swings away from Labor at that election; others included Chaffey (13.5 percent) and Mount Gambier (15.5 percent).
The town of Millicent is currently located in the seat of MacKillop, which replaced Victoria in 1993.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Corcoran | Labor | 1956–1962 | |
| Des Corcoran | Labor | 1962–1975 | |
| Murray Vandepeer | Liberal | 1975–1977 | |