Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales)

Nepean was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, and named after the Nepean River. It was abolished in 1904 due to the re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] Nepean was recreated in 1927 and abolished again in 1981.[2][3][4]

Members for Nepean

First incarnation (1859–1904)
MemberPartyTerm
  Robert Jamison None 1859–1860
  James Ryan None 1860–1872
  Joseph Single None 1872–1874
  Patrick Shepherd None 1874–1877
  Thomas Smith None 1877–1887
  Samuel Lees Free Trade 1887–1895
  Thomas Smith Protectionist 1895–1898
  Samuel Lees Free Trade 1898–1901
  Thomas Smith Progressive 1901–1904
 
Second incarnation (1927–1981)
MemberPartyTerm
  Joseph Jackson Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1944
  Independent 1944–1945
  Liberal 1945–1956
  Bill Chapman Liberal 1956–1962
  Alfred Bennett Labor 1962–1965
  Ron Dunbier Liberal 1965–1971
  Ron Mulock Labor 1971–1973
  Ron Rofe Liberal 1973–1978
  Peter Anderson Labor 1978–1981

Election results

1978 New South Wales state election: Nepean[5]
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

References

  1. "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Nepean". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  5. Green, Antony. "1978 Nepean". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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