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		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