Electoral results for the Division of Nepean
Appearance
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
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Eric Bowden | Anti-Socialist | 1906—1909 | |
Liberal | 1909—1910 | ||
George Cann | Labor | 1910—1913 | |
Richard Orchard | Liberal | 1913—1916 | |
Nationalist | 1916—1919 | ||
Eric Bowden | Nationalist | 1919—1922 |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
1919
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 |
1917
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 |
1914
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 |
1913
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 |
1910
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
1906
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 notional hold | Swing |