Electoral results for the district of Nepean (New South Wales)

Nepean, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1859 to 1904 and from 1927 to 1981.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Robert Jamison None
1860   James Ryan None
1864
1869
1872   Joseph Single None
1874   Patrick Shepherd None
1877   Thomas Smith None
1880
1882
1885
1887   Samuel Lees Free Trade
1889
1891
1894
1895   Thomas Smith Protectionist
1898   Samuel Lees Free Trade
1901   Thomas Smith Progressive
 
Election Member Party
1927   Joseph Jackson Nationalist
1930
1932   United Australia
1935
1938
1941
1944   Independent Democrat
1947   Liberal
1950
1953
1956   Bill Chapman Liberal
1959
1962   Alfred Bennett Labor
1965   Ron Dunbier Liberal
1968
1971   Ron Mulock Labor
1973   Ron Rofe Liberal
1976
1978   Peter Anderson Labor

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Nepean[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Anderson 20,720 56.1 +5.0
Liberal Ron Rofe 14,466 39.2 −5.7
Democrats Ronald Edwards 1,752 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 36,938 98.4 −0.3
Informal votes 602 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 37,540 93.6 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Anderson 21,596 58.5 +10.8
Liberal Ron Rofe 15,342 41.5 −10.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.8

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Nepean[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Rofe 17,038 51.1 +3.8
Labor Peter Anderson 14,965 44.9 +6.2
Independent John Henshaw 914 2.7 +2.7
Independent Raymond Bell 418 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 33,335 98.7 +2.3
Informal votes 426 1.3 −2.3
Turnout 33,761 93.5 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Rofe 17,440 52.3 −1.0
Labor Peter Anderson 15,895 47.7 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing −1.0

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Nepean[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Rofe 12,526 47.3
Labor Kathleen Tucker 10,240 38.7
Independent John Allan 1,470 5.6
Independent Gregory Woodward 1,435 5.4
Democratic Labor David Sanson 677 2.6
Independent Maurice Sharp 120 0.5
Total formal votes 26,468 96.4
Informal votes 976 3.6
Turnout 27,444 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Rofe 14,097 53.3 +1.4
Labor Kathleen Tucker 12,371 46.7 −1.4
Liberal notional hold Swing +1.4
The sitting member was Ron Mulock (Labor) however the 1973 redistribution made Gosford a notional Liberal seat and Mulock successfully contested the new seat of Penrith.

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Nepean[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron Mulock 13,068 48.9 +4.1
Liberal Ron Dunbier 10,416 38.9 −16.3
Independent John Andersen 1,854 6.9 +6.9
Democratic Labor Leslie Clarke 1,409 5.3 +5.3
Total formal votes 26,747 97.6
Informal votes 664 2.4
Turnout 27,411 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Mulock 13,793 51.6 +6.8
Liberal Ron Dunbier 12,954 48.4 −6.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.8

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Nepean[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Dunbier 10,915 52.3 +2.4
Labor Alfred Bennett 9,955 47.7 +6.0
Total formal votes 20,870 97.5
Informal votes 544 2.5
Turnout 21,414 94.8
Liberal hold Swing −3.0

1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Nepean[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ron Dunbier 13,144 45.9 −3.3
Labor Alfred Bennett 13,078 45.7 −5.1
Independent Kathleen Whitten 1,573 5.5 +5.5
Democratic Labor Albert Perish 557 2.0 +2.0
Independent John Park 191 0.7 +0.7
Independent Ronald Sarina 76 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 28,619 96.5 −1.6
Informal votes 1,028 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 29,647 94.4 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Dunbier 14,550 50.8 +1.6
Labor Alfred Bennett 14,069 49.2 −1.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.6

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Bennett 12,267 50.8 +10.1
Liberal Bill Chapman 11,892 49.2 −6.1
Total formal votes 24,159 98.1
Informal votes 467 1.9
Turnout 24,626 94.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.0

Elections in the 1950s

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1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Nepean[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Chapman 12,284 60.3
Labor John Carvan 7,279 35.7
Communist Melville McCalman 817 4.0
Total formal votes 20,380 98.4
Informal votes 327 1.6
Turnout 20,707 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 12,447 61.1
Labor John Carvan 7,933 38.9
Liberal hold Swing

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Nepean[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,335 54.0 +1.5
Labor Alfred Bennett 6,946 36.3 −11.2
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 1,216 6.4 +6.4
Communist Mel McCalman 635 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 19,132 98.1 0.0
Informal votes 379 1.9 0.0
Turnout 19,511 93.9 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,641 55.6 +3.0
Labor Alfred Bennett 8,491 44.4 −3.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Nepean[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,097 52.5
Labor Alexander Liston 8,213 47.5
Total formal votes 17,310 98.1
Informal votes 335 1.9
Turnout 17,645 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Nepean[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 7,342 52.9
Independent Allan Taylor 6,523 47.1
Total formal votes 13,865 96.8
Informal votes 459 3.2
Turnout 14,324 91.9
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Nepean[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,989 56.6 +20.2
Labor Earle Cameron 7,644 43.4 +2.0
Total formal votes 17,633 98.2 +0.7
Informal votes 324 1.8 −0.7
Turnout 17,957 94.0 +4.5
Member changed to Liberal from Independent Democrat Swing +1.6

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Nepean[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Jackson 6,394 41.4 −2.2
Independent Democrat Joseph Jackson 5,622 36.4 +36.4
Democratic Allan Taylor 3,427 22.2 −33.2
Total formal votes 15,443 97.5 −0.6
Informal votes 399 2.5 +0.6
Turnout 15,842 89.5 −3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Democrat Joseph Jackson 8,494 55.0 +55.0
Labor John Jackson 6,949 45.0 +1.4
Member changed to Independent Democrat from United Australia Swing N/A
  • Joseph Jackson was the sitting MP for Nepean, who won the previous election as a United Australia candidate.

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Nepean[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 7,720 56.4
Labor William Mathews 5,955 43.6
Total formal votes 13,675 98.1
Informal votes 263 1.9
Turnout 13,938 92.5
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Nepean[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 6,993 44.1 −21.5
Labor John Jackson 4,899 30.9 −3.5
United Australia Arthur Hebblewhite 3,965 25.0 +25.0
Total formal votes 15,857 97.7 −0.1
Informal votes 379 2.3 +0.1
Turnout 16,236 95.0 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Joseph Jackson 9,743 61.4 −4.2
Labor John Jackson 6,114 38.6 +4.2
United Australia hold Swing −4.2

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Nepean[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 10,085 65.6 −20.3
Labor (NSW) John Jackson 5,292 34.4 +34.4
Total formal votes 15,377 97.8 +6.5
Informal votes 340 2.2 −6.5
Turnout 15,717 94.9 −0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Nepean[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 10,779 85.9 +28.2
Communist Thomas Moon 1,764 14.1 +14.1
Total formal votes 12,543 91.3 −7.6
Informal votes 1,188 8.7 +7.6
Turnout 13,731 95.3 −0.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Nepean[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Joseph Jackson 7,510 57.7
Labor John Freeman 5,501 42.3
Total formal votes 13,011 98.9
Informal votes 148 1.1
Turnout 13,159 95.5
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Nepean[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Joseph Jackson 8,055 65.7
Labor William Long 3,996 32.6
Independent Thomas Gollan 131 1.1
Independent William Miller 76 0.6
Total formal votes 12,258 98.9
Informal votes 139 1.1
Turnout 12,397 80.0
Nationalist win (new seat)

District recreated

1904 - 1927

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District abolished

Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: The Nepean[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Smith 930 53.8 +11.5
Liberal Reform Samuel Lees 799 46.2 −1.8
Total formal votes 1,729 100.0 +1.2
Informal votes 0 0.0 −1.2
Turnout 1,729 72.5 +3.7
Progressive gain from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees 744 48.0
National Federal Thomas Smith 656 42.3
Ind. Free Trade Alfred Reid 151 9.7
Total formal votes 1,551 98.9
Informal votes 18 1.2
Turnout 1,569 68.8
Free Trade gain from National Federal  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Smith 806 51.4
Free Trade Samuel Lees 763 48.6
Total formal votes 1,569 99.4
Informal votes 9 0.6
Turnout 1,578 76.6
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees 884 49.4
Protectionist Thomas Smith 785 43.9
Labour Lewis Litton 121 6.8
Total formal votes 1,790 99.3
Informal votes 13 0.7
Turnout 1,803 87.2
Free Trade hold  

1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Wednesday 17 June [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees (re-elected) 1,079 55.8
Protectionist Thomas Smith 856 44.2
Total formal votes 1,935 99.4
Informal votes 11 0.6
Turnout 1,946 72.2
Free Trade hold  

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Saturday 9 February [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees (elected) 1,068 61.8
Protectionist Thomas Smith 661 38.2
Total formal votes 1,729 98.9
Informal votes 19 1.1
Turnout 1,748 69.5
Free Trade hold  

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Monday 7 February [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees (elected) 701 50.7
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Smith (defeated) 683 49.4
Total formal votes 1,384 98.5
Informal votes 21 1.5
Turnout 1,405 75.5

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Friday 16 October [29]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Smith (re-elected) 838 79.6
Thomas Cross 215 20.4
Total formal votes 1,053 98.0
Informal votes 21 2.0
Turnout 1,074 62.6

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Tuesday 5 December [30]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Smith (re-elected) 804 78.4
Joseph Single 221 21.6
Total formal votes 1,025 98.6
Informal votes 15 1.4
Turnout 1,040 70.6

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Monday 22 November [31]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Smith (re-elected) unopposed

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Monday 29 October [32]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Smith (elected) 520 60.9
John Smith (defeated) 334 39.1
Total formal votes 854 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 854 74.0
The sitting member was Patrick Shepherd who did not contest the election. John Smith was the sitting member for Wellington.

1874

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Wednesday 23 December 1874 [33]
Candidate Votes %
Patrick Shepherd (elected) 372 55.9
James Ryan 294 44.1
Total formal votes 666 95.7
Informal votes 30 4.3
Turnout 686 63.1

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Wednesday 28 February [34]
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Single (elected) 286 33.3
Henry Woods 236 27.5
James Rodd 172 20.1
James Ryan (defeated) 164 19.1
Total formal votes 858 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 856 63.8

Elections in the 1860s

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1869

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Tuesday 14 December 1869 [35]
Candidate Votes %
James Ryan (re-elected) 405 59.2
Archibald Thompson 271 39.6
Thomas Shepherd 8 1.2
Total formal votes 684 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 684 52.5

1864

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Saturday 10 December 1864 [36]
Candidate Votes %
James Ryan (re-elected) 408 54.0
Thomas Shepherd 345 45.6
William Cover 2 0.3
George Sanders 1 0.1
Total formal votes 756 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 754 62.7

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Friday 14 December [37]
Candidate Votes %
James Ryan (elected) 313 52.6
Robert Jamison (defeated) 236 39.7
John Smith 46 7.7
Total formal votes 595 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 595 42.9

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Thursday 16 June [38]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Jamison (re-elected) unopposed

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