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]
| First incarnation (1859–1904) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| 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) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| 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 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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 | |||
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