State South Australia Abolished 1977 Founded 1956 Namesake Millicent | Created 1956 Demographic Rural Date dissolved 1977 | |
Millicent was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1956 to 1977.
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.