Division of Nepean

The Division of Nepean was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the western suburbs of Sydney. It originally covered the suburbs of Granville, Lithgow and Penrith. After the redistribution of 27 February 1913 it also included the suburb of Homebush.

The Division was named for the Nepean River,^[1] which itself was named after British politician Evan Nepean.^[2] It was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 July 1906, and was first contested at the 1906 Federal election.^[3] It was abolished at the redistribution of 13 September 1922 and divided between six electorates: Macquarie, Martin, Parramatta, Reid, Robertson and Werriwa.^[4]

Members[]

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Eric Bowden (1871–1931)	Anti-Socialist	12 December 1906 – 26 May 1909	Lost seat. Later elected to Nepean in 1919
			Commonwealth Liberal	26 May 1909 – 13 April 1910
		George Cann (1871–1948)	Labor	13 April 1910 – 31 May 1913	Lost seat. Later elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Canterbury in 1914
		Richard Orchard (1871–1942)	Commonwealth Liberal	31 May 1913 – 17 February 1917	Served as minister under Hughes. Retired
			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 3 November 1919
		Eric Bowden (1871–1931)	Nationalist	13 December 1919 – 16 December 1922	Elected to the Division of Parramatta after Nepean was abolished in 1922

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