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[1]
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 10,815 97.6 −0.9
Informal votes 265 2.4 +0.9
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 Swing +16.4
1973 South Australian state election: Millicent
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 10,128 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 151 1.5 0.0
Turnout 10,279 96.2 −1.6
Labor hold Swing +2.5
1970 South Australian state election: Millicent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Des Corcoran 5,016 54.0
Liberal and Country Brian O'Connor 4,273 46.0
Total formal votes 9,289 98.5
Informal votes 139 1.5
Turnout 9,428 97.8
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Millicent state by-election, 22 June 1968
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 7,609 99.6 +0.6
Informal votes 34 0.4 −0.6
Turnout 7,643 97.4 +1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1968 South Australian state election: Millicent
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 7,269 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 73 1.0 −0.2
Turnout 7,342 96.0 +1.0
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 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 6,729 98.8 −0.5
Informal votes 78 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 6,807 95.0 −1.5
Labor hold Swing +8.5
1962 South Australian state election: Millicent
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 6,648 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 47 0.7 −0.1
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 Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1950s

1959 South Australian state election: Millicent
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 6,258 99.2 −0.1
Informal votes 52 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 6,310 96.1 +0.8
Labor hold Swing +2.2
1956 South Australian state election: Millicent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Corcoran 3,201 52.3
Liberal and Country William Gordon 2,918 47.7
Total formal votes 6,119 99.3
Informal votes 42 0.7
Turnout 6,161 95.3
Labor hold Swing

References

  1. ^ History of South Australian elections, 1857-2006 - by Dean Jaensch - ISBN 978-0-9750486-3-4