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Nepean - 1956 (Roll: 20,788) Retained by Liberal Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Bennett, Alfred Ernest Labor Party 6,946 36.31 Chalmers, James (Defeated) Ind Labor 1,216 6.36 Chapman, William Leslie (Elected) Liberal Party 10,335 54.02 McCalman, Melville John Communist 635 3.32 Formal Votes 19,132 Informal Votes 379 1.94 Total Votes / Turnout 19,511 93.86 Notes: Sitting Liberal MP Joseph Jackson retired. James Chalmers was the sitting Independent Labor MP for Hartley.