Division of Nepean facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Nepean Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1906
Abolished	1922
Namesake	Evan Nepean

The Division of Nepean was a special area in New South Wales, Australia. It was set up so people living there could choose someone to represent them in the Australian House of Representatives. Think of it like a team, and the people living in Nepean got to pick their team captain for the country's parliament.

This division was named after a British politician called Evan Nepean. It was first created in 1906 and stopped being a division in 1922.

Who Represented Nepean?

The people who were chosen to represent the Nepean area in the Australian Parliament were called Members. They belonged to different political groups, or parties, which are groups of people with similar ideas about how the country should be run.

Here are the Members who represented the Division of Nepean:

	Party	Term
Eric Bowden	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
Eric Bowden	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
George Cann	Labor	1910–1913
Richard Orchard	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
Richard Orchard	Nationalist	1917–1919
Eric Bowden	Nationalist	1919–1922

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