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

1978

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

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

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 hold		Swing	+1.4

1971

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

1968

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

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

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

1959

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

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

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

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

1947

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

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

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

1938

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

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

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

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

1927

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

District abolished

1901

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

1898

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

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

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

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

1889

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

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

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

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

1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Monday 22 November [31]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Smith (re-elected)		unopposed

1877

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

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

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

1869

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

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

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

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Thursday 16 June [38]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Jamison (re-elected)		unopposed

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