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

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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]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
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
 
ElectionMemberParty
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

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Nepean [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Anderson 20,72056.1+5.0
Liberal Ron Rofe 14,46639.2-5.7
Democrats Ronald Edwards1,7524.7+4.7
Total formal votes36,93898.4-0.3
Informal votes6021.6+0.3
Turnout 37,54093.6+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Anderson 21,59658.5+10.8
Liberal Ron Rofe 15,34241.5-10.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.8

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Nepean [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ron Rofe 17,03851.1+3.8
Labor Peter Anderson 14,96544.9+6.2
Independent John Henshaw9142.7+2.7
Independent Raymond Bell4181.3+1.3
Total formal votes33,33598.7+2.3
Informal votes4261.3-2.3
Turnout 33,76193.5+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Rofe 17,44052.3-1.0
Labor Peter Anderson 15,89547.7+1.0
Liberal hold Swing -1.0

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Nepean [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ron Rofe 12,52647.3
Labor Kathleen Tucker 10,24038.7
Independent John Allan1,4705.6
Independent Gregory Woodward1,4355.4
Democratic Labor David Sanson6772.6
Independent Maurice Sharp1200.5
Total formal votes26,46896.4
Informal votes9763.6
Turnout 27,44492.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Rofe 14,09753.3+1.4
Labor Kathleen Tucker 12,37146.7-1.4
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

1971 New South Wales state election: Nepean [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ron Mulock 13,06848.9+4.1
Liberal Ron Dunbier 10,41638.9-16.3
Independent John Andersen1,8546.9+6.9
Democratic Labor Leslie Clarke1,4095.3+5.3
Total formal votes26,74797.6
Informal votes6642.4
Turnout 27,41193.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron Mulock 13,79351.6+6.8
Liberal Ron Dunbier 12,95448.4-6.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.8

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Nepean [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ron Dunbier 10,91552.3+2.4
Labor Alfred Bennett 9,95547.7+6.0
Total formal votes20,87097.5
Informal votes5442.5
Turnout 21,41494.8
Liberal hold Swing -3.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Nepean [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ron Dunbier 13,14445.9−3.3
Labor Alfred Bennett 13,07845.7−5.1
Independent Kathleen Whitten1,5735.5+5.5
Democratic Labor Albert Perish5572.0+2.0
Independent John Park1910.7+0.7
Independent Ronald Sarina760.3+0.3
Total formal votes28,61996.5−1.6
Informal votes1,0283.5+1.6
Turnout 29,64794.4+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Dunbier 14,55050.8+1.6
Labor Alfred Bennett 14,06949.2−1.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.6

1962

1962 New South Wales state election:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Bennett 12,26750.8+10.1
Liberal Bill Chapman 11,89249.2−6.1
Total formal votes24,15998.1
Informal votes4671.9
Turnout 24,62694.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.0

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Nepean [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Chapman 12,28460.3
Labor John Carvan7,27935.7
Communist Melville McCalman8174.0
Total formal votes20,38098.4
Informal votes3271.6
Turnout 20,70794.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 12,44761.1
Labor John Carvan7,93338.9
Liberal hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Nepean [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,33554.0+1.5
Labor Alfred Bennett 6,94636.3−11.2
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 1,2166.4+6.4
Communist Mel McCalman6353.3+3.3
Total formal votes19,13298.10.0
Informal votes3791.90.0
Turnout 19,51193.9+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,64155.6+3.0
Labor Alfred Bennett 8,49144.4−3.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Nepean [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,09752.5
Labor Alexander Liston8,21347.5
Total formal votes17,31098.1
Informal votes3351.9
Turnout 17,64593.0
Liberal hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Nepean [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 7,34252.9
Independent Allan Taylor6,52347.1
Total formal votes13,86596.8
Informal votes4593.2
Turnout 14,32491.9
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Nepean [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,98956.6+20.2
Labor Earle Cameron7,64443.4+2.0
Total formal votes17,63398.2+0.7
Informal votes3241.8-0.7
Turnout 17,95794.0+4.5
Member changed to Liberal from Independent Democrat Swing +1.6

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Nepean [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Jackson6,39441.4-2.2
Independent Democrat Joseph Jackson 5,62236.4+36.4
Democratic Allan Taylor3,42722.2-33.2
Total formal votes15,44397.5-0.6
Informal votes3992.5+0.6
Turnout 15,84289.5-3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Democrat Joseph Jackson 8,49455.0+55.0
Labor John Jackson6,94945.0+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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 7,72056.4
Labor William Mathews5,95543.6
Total formal votes13,67598.1
Informal votes2631.9
Turnout 13,93892.5
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Nepean [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 6,99344.1-21.5
Labor John Jackson4,89930.9-3.5
United Australia Arthur Hebblewhite3,96525.0+25.0
Total formal votes15,85797.7-0.1
Informal votes3792.3+0.1
Turnout 16,23695.0+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Joseph Jackson 9,74361.4-4.2
Labor John Jackson6,11438.6+4.2
United Australia hold Swing -4.2

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Nepean [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 10,08565.6-20.3
Labor (NSW) John Jackson5,29234.4+34.4
Total formal votes15,37797.8+6.5
Informal votes3402.2-6.5
Turnout 15,71794.9-0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Nepean [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Joseph Jackson 10,77985.9+28.2
Communist Thomas Moon1,76414.1+14.1
Total formal votes12,54391.3-7.6
Informal votes1,1888.7+7.6
Turnout 13,73195.3-0.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Nepean [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Joseph Jackson 7,51057.7
Labor John Freeman 5,50142.3
Total formal votes13,01198.9
Informal votes1481.1
Turnout 13,15995.5
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Nepean [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Joseph Jackson 8,05565.7
Labor William Long 3,99632.6
Independent Thomas Gollan1311.1
Independent William Miller760.6
Total formal votes12,25898.9
Informal votes1391.1
Turnout 12,39780.0
Nationalist win(new seat)

District recreated

1904 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: The Nepean [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Thomas Smith 93053.8+11.5
Liberal Reform Samuel Lees 79946.2-1.8
Total formal votes1,729100.0+1.2
Informal votes00.0-1.2
Turnout 1,72972.5+3.7
Progressive gain from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees 74448.0
National Federal Thomas Smith 65642.3
Ind. Free Trade Alfred Reid1519.7
Total formal votes1,55198.9
Informal votes181.2
Turnout 1,56968.8
Free Trade gain from National Federal  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Smith 80651.4
Free Trade Samuel Lees 76348.6
Total formal votes1,56999.4
Informal votes90.6
Turnout 1,57876.6
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees 88449.4
Protectionist Thomas Smith 78543.9
Labour Lewis Litton1216.8
Total formal votes1,79099.3
Informal votes130.7
Turnout 1,80387.2
Free Trade hold 

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Wednesday 17 June [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees (re-elected)1,07955.8
Protectionist Thomas Smith 85644.2
Total formal votes1,93599.4
Informal votes110.6
Turnout 1,94672.2
Free Trade hold 

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Saturday 9 February [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees (elected)1,06861.8
Protectionist Thomas Smith 66138.2
Total formal votes1,72998.9
Informal votes191.1
Turnout 1,74869.5
Free Trade hold 

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Monday 7 February [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Lees (elected)70150.7
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Smith (defeated)68349.4
Total formal votes1,38498.5
Informal votes211.5
Turnout 1,40575.5

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Friday 16 October [29]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Smith (re-elected)83879.6
Thomas Cross 21520.4
Total formal votes1,05398.0
Informal votes212.0
Turnout 1,07462.6

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Tuesday 5 December [30]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Smith (re-elected)80478.4
Joseph Single 22121.6
Total formal votes1,02598.6
Informal votes151.4
Turnout 1,04070.6

1880

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

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Monday 29 October [32]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Smith (elected)52060.9
John Smith (defeated)33439.1
Total formal votes854100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 85474.0
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]
CandidateVotes%
Patrick Shepherd (elected)37255.9
James Ryan 29444.1
Total formal votes66695.7
Informal votes304.3
Turnout 68663.1

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Wednesday 28 February [34]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Single (elected)28633.3
Henry Woods23627.5
James Rodd 17220.1
James Ryan (defeated)16419.1
Total formal votes858100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 85663.8

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Tuesday 14 December 1869 [35]
CandidateVotes%
James Ryan (re-elected)40559.2
Archibald Thompson27139.6
Thomas Shepherd81.2
Total formal votes684100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 68452.5

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Saturday 10 December 1864 [36]
CandidateVotes%
James Ryan (re-elected)40854.0
Thomas Shepherd34545.6
William Cover20.3
George Sanders10.1
Total formal votes756100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 75462.7

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Nepean
Friday 14 December [37]
CandidateVotes%
James Ryan (elected)31352.6
Robert Jamison (defeated)23639.7
John Smith467.7
Total formal votes595100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 59542.9

Elections in the 1850s

1859

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

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