Electoral results for the Division of Nepean

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Nepean in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1906 until its abolition in 1922.

Members

	Party	Term
Eric Bowden	Anti-Socialist	1906—1909
Eric Bowden	Commonwealth Liberal	1909—1910
George Cann	Labor	1910—1913
Richard Orchard	Commonwealth Liberal	1913—1916
Richard Orchard	Nationalist	1916—1919
Eric Bowden	Nationalist	1919—1922

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Eric Bowden	20,630	57.1	-3.4
	Labor	Con Wallace	15,524	42.9	+3.4
Total formal votes			36,154	97.8
Informal votes			814	2.2
Turnout			36,968	68.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-3.4

Australian federal election, 1917: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Richard Orchard	22,402	60.5	+7.8
	Labor	Tom Arthur	14,600	39.5	-7.8
Total formal votes			37,002	97.3
Informal votes			1,034	2.7
Turnout			38,036	72.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+7.8

Australian federal election, 1914: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Richard Orchard	16,815	52.7	-1.5
	Labor	Voltaire Molesworth	15,092	47.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			31,907	97.7
Informal votes			747	2.3
Turnout			32,654	69.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.9

Australian federal election, 1913: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Richard Orchard	16,322	54.2	-4.7
	Labor	George Cann	12,947	43.0	+2.0
	Independent	Alexander Huie	835	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			30,104	96.7
Informal votes			1,015	3.3
Turnout			31,119	72.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.3

Australian federal election, 1910: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Cann	11,113	51.5	+17.5
	Liberal	Eric Bowden	10,461	48.5	-12.1
Total formal votes			21,574	98.3
Informal votes			376	1.7
Turnout			21,950	62.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.8

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Nepean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Anti-Socialist	Eric Bowden	9,749	60.6
	Labour	Charles Dyer	5,471	34.0
	Ind. Anti-Socialist	Thomas Taylor	857	5.3
Total formal votes			16,077	96.0
Informal votes			677	4.0
Turnout			16,754	56.4
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing

References

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

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