title: Electoral results for the district of Millicent
text: # Electoral results for the district of Millicent
  
  This is a list of election results for the electoral district of Millicent in South Australian elections.
  
  ## Members for Millicent
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jim Corcoran | Labor | 1956–1962 |
  | Des Corcoran | Labor | 1962–1975 |
  | Murray Vandepeer | Liberal | 1975–1977 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1975 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Murray Vandepeer | 4,195 | 38.8 | -4.7 |
  | | Labor | Brian Corcoran | 3,963 | 36.6 | -19.9 |
  | | National | Donald Ferguson | 2,014 | 18.6 | +18.6 |
  | | Liberal Movement | Brian Prowse | 535 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
  | | Independent | John Clark | 108 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,815 | 97.6 | -0.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 265 | 2.4 | +0.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,080 | 95.5 | -0.7 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Murray Vandepeer | 6,482 | 59.9 | +16.4 |
  | | Labor | Brian Corcoran | 4,333 | 40.1 | -16.4 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +16.4 | |
  
  1973 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 5,724 | 56.5 | +2.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Murray Vandepeer | 4,404 | 43.5 | -2.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,128 | 98.5 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 151 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,279 | 96.2 | -1.6 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.5 | |
  
  1970 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 5,016 | 54.0 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Brian O'Connor | 4,273 | 46.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,289 | 98.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 139 | 1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,428 | 97.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  Millicent state by-election, 22 June 1968 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 3,994 | 52.5 | +2.5 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Martin Cameron | 3,564 | 46.8 | -3.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Douglas Barnes | 51 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,609 | 99.6 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 34 | 0.4 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,643 | 97.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  1968 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 3,635 | 50.0 | -11.8 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Martin Cameron | 3,634 | 50.0 | +11.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,269 | 99.0 | +0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 73 | 1.0 | -0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,342 | 96.0 | +1.0 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -11.8 | |
  
  * This result was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held, in which Labor retained the seat.
  
  1965 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 4,160 | 61.8 | +8.7 |
  | | Liberal and Country | John Osborne | 2,569 | 38.2 | -7.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,729 | 98.8 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 78 | 1.2 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,807 | 95.0 | -1.5 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +8.5 | |
  
  1962 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 3,530 | 53.1 | -1.4 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Renfrey DeGaris | 3,012 | 45.3 | -0.2 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Neil Henderson | 106 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,648 | 99.3 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 47 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,695 | 96.5 | +0.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Des Corcoran | 3,546 | 53.3 | -1.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | Renfrey DeGaris | 3,102 | 46.7 | +1.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.2 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1959 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jim Corcoran | 3,409 | 54.5 | +2.2 |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Gordon | 2,849 | 45.5 | -2.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,258 | 99.2 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 52 | 0.8 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,310 | 96.1 | +0.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 | |
  
  1956 South Australian state election: Millicent :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jim Corcoran | 3,201 | 52.3 |
  | | Liberal and Country | William Gordon | 2,918 | 47.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,119 | 99.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 42 | 0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,161 | 95.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  