Division of Nepean

This article is about the federal electorate in New South Wales. For the Victoria electorate, see Electoral district of Nepean. For the NSW electorate, see Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales).

Nepean
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created1906
Abolished1922
NamesakeEvan 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]

  1. ^ "Electoral division names no longer in use". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Nepean River". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 February 2013. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Carr, Adam. "1906 legislative election: House of Representatives, New South Wales". Psephos. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Redistribution: new divisions, NSW gains a seat". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 15 October 2020 – via Trove.