Nepean, anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1859 to 1904 and from 1927 to 1981.[1][2][3]
| 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 | |
| Laborgain fromLiberal | Swing | +10.8 | |||
| 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 | |
| Liberalhold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
| 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 | |
| Liberalnotional hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| 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 | |
| Laborgain fromLiberal | Swing | +6.8 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Liberalhold | Swing | −3.0 | |||
| 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 | |
| Liberalgain fromLabor | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Laborgain fromLiberal | Swing | +7.0 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |
| Liberalhold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Liberalhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Memberchanged toLiberal fromIndependent Democrat | Swing | +1.6 | |||
| 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 | |
| Memberchanged toIndependent Democrat fromUnited Australia | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 Australiahold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Australiahold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
| 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 Australiahold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 Australiahold | Swing | N/A | |||
| 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 | |||
| Nationalisthold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Nationalistwin | (new seat) | ||||
District recreated
District abolished
| 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 | ||
| Progressivegain fromLiberal Reform | |||||
| 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 Tradegain fromNational Federal | |||||
| 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 | |||
| Protectionistgain fromFree Trade | |||||
| 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 Tradehold | |||||
| 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 Tradehold | |||||
| 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 Tradehold | |||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Smith (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Jamison (re-elected) | unopposed | ||