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Nepean - 1962 (Roll: 26,165) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Bennett, Alfred Ernest (Elected) Labor Party 12,267 50.78 Chapman, William Leslie (Defeated) Liberal Party 11,892 49.22 Formal Votes 24,159 Informal Votes 467 1.90 Total Votes / Turnout 24,626 94.12 Notes: The new boundaries appeared to give this seat a notional Labor majority.