Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1956

This is a list of candidates of the 1956 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 March 1956.

Retiring Members

Labor MLA Edgar Dring (Auburn) died in December 1955; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.

Labor

Liberal

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
 
AlburyLiberalRobert WhiteDoug Padman (Lib)
ArmidaleLaborJim CahillDavis Hughes (CP)
AshfieldLiberalJames BradyRichard Murden (Lib)
AuburnLaborThomas RyanJohn Steel (Lib)James Lang (LL)
Edward Spensley (Ind)
BalmainLaborJohn McMahonElton Lewis (Lib)Stan Moran (CPA)
BankstownLaborSpence PowellReginald Allsop (Lib)Roy Boyd (CPA)
BarwonCountryGerard McInerneyGeoff Crawford (CP)
BathurstLaborGus KellyJack Toole (Lib)
BlacktownLaborJohn FreemanGraham Cullis (Lib)
BondiLaborAbe LandaDaniel Sutherland (Lib)
BulliLaborRex JacksonDonald Heggie (Lib)Bill McDougall (CPA)
BurrinjuckLaborBill SheahanAllan Johnson (CP)
BurwoodLiberalLeslie Parr (Lib)
ByronCountryStanley Stephens (CP)Archibald Johnston (Ind)
CanterburyLaborArthur TongeCecil Ford (Lib)
CasinoCountryIan Robinson (CP)
CastlereaghLaborJack RenshawNorman Brown (CP)
CessnockLaborJohn CrookHarold Hawkes (Lib)David Stevenson (CPA)
ClarenceCountryGarth Munro (CP)
Bill Weiley (CP)
CobarLaborErnest Wetherell
CollaroyLiberalRobert Askin (Lib)Gordon Jones (Ind)
Elfrida Morcom (CPA)
ConcordLaborThomas MurphyLerryn Mutton (Lib)Leslie Greenfield (CPA)
CoogeeLaborLou WalshKevin Ellis (Lib)Tasman Crocker (Ind)
Cook's RiverLaborJoseph CahillJames Skehan (Lib)William Kendrick (Ind)
Edward Rowe (CPA)
CroydonLiberalFrank ZionsDavid Hunter (Lib)
DrummoyneLaborRoy JacksonWalter Lawrence (Lib)
DubboLaborClarrie RobertsonNeville Magin (Lib)
Keith Sullivan (CP)
Dulwich HillLaborCliff MallamLionel Corner (Lib)
EarlwoodLiberalDavid ConnorsEric Willis (Lib)
East HillsLaborJoe KellyHarold Stalker (Lib)Douglas Marshall (Ind)
EastwoodLiberalEric Hearnshaw (Lib)
FairfieldLaborClarrie EarlGuy Holmes (Lib)Edwin Lipscombe (CPA)
George's RiverLaborFrank O'NeillDouglas Cross (Lib)Paul Mortier (CPA)
GloucesterCountryThomas BreenRay Fitzgerald (CP)
GordonLiberalStewart Fraser (Lib)
GosfordLiberalRupert WallaceHarold Jackson (Lib)Alan Brackenreg (CPA)
Roy Jackson (Ind)
Leslie Moffat (Ind)
GoulburnLaborLaurie TullyWilliam Bladwell (Lib)
GranvilleLaborBill LambBob Mutton (Lib)Rupert Lockwood (CPA)
HamiltonLaborGeorge CampbellHorace Smith (Lib)
HartleyInd LaborJim RobsonWilliam Black (Ind Lab)
Leslie Cant (Ind)
John King (CPA)
Neville Weekes (Ind)
HawkesburyLiberalJohn GrinhamBernie Deane (Lib)
HornsbyLiberalFrancis O'ConnellSydney Storey (Lib)
HurstvilleLaborClive EvattHedley Mallard (Lib)Edward Merryfull (Ind)
IllawarraLaborHoward FowlesAdrian O'Donnell (Lib)David Bowen (CPA)
KahibahIndependentRobert McCartneyJoseph Richley (Lib)Tom Armstrong (Ind Lab)
KingLaborAlbert SlossRoberta Galagher (Lib)Michael Callinan (LL)
Ron Maxwell (CPA)
KogarahLaborBill CrabtreeHorace Harper (Lib)
Kurri KurriLaborGeorge BoothStanley Mettam (Lib)
Lake MacquarieLaborJim SimpsonEdward Farrell (Lib)William Quinn (CPA)
LakembaLaborStan WyattJohn Whelan (Lib)James Staples (CPA)
Lane CoveLiberalGeoffrey O'DonnellKen McCaw (Lib)
LeichhardtLaborReg CoadyBarney Morton (Lib)
LismoreCountryArchibald McEwanJack Easter (CP)Constance Wilson (Ind)
LiverpoolLaborJack Mannix
Liverpool PlainsLaborRoger NottHenry Gregson (Lib)
Geoffrey Thomas (CP)		John Pender (Ind)
MaitlandLiberalCecil RobinsonMilton Morris (Lib)Ted Fletcher (Ind)
Henry Ivins (Ind)
Leonard Neville (Ind Lib)
ManlyLiberalJohn WilsonDouglas Darby (Lib)
MaroubraLaborBob HeffronWallace Peacock (Lib)
MarrickvilleLaborNorm RyanIan Chisholm (Lib)William McCristal (RP)
Adam Ogston (CPA)
MonaroLaborJohn SeiffertErnest Smith (Lib)
Frederick Von Nida (CP)
MosmanLiberalMalcolm Stuart-RobertsonPat Morton (Lib)
MudgeeLaborLeo NottEric Hennessy (Lib)
Kenneth Masters (CP)
MurrayCountryWillie PetersJoe Lawson (CP)
MurrumbidgeeLaborGeorge EnticknapMichael Cudmore (CP)
NepeanLiberalAlfred BennettBill Chapman (Lib)Jim Chalmers (Ind Lab)
Mel McCalman (CPA)
Neutral BayLiberalDonald GrayIvan Black (Lib)
NewcastleLaborFrank HawkinsIris Hyde (Lib)Mervyn Copley (CPA)
North SydneyLaborRay MaherPeter Murphy (Lib)Bill Wood (CPA)
OrangeCountryLouie CasseyCharles Cutler (CP)Cecil Connors (CPA)
OxleyCountryWilliam KennewellLes Jordan (CP)Joe Cordner (Ind)
PaddingtonLaborMaurice O'SullivanRodney Craigie (Lib)Bill Brown (CPA)
ParramattaLaborKevin MorganJim Clough (Lib)
PhillipLaborPat HillsFrancis Mohan (LL)
Robert Webster (CPA)
RaleighCountryRadford Gamack (CP)
RandwickLaborWilliam GollanCharles De Monchaux (Lib)Kenneth O'Hara (CPA)
RedfernLaborFred GreenArthur Shipton (CPA)
RockdaleLaborJohn McGrathHarold Heslehurst (Lib)
RydeLaborFrank DowningFrancis Collings (Lib)
South CoastLiberalAllan BeatonJack Beale (Lib)
Sturt LaborWilliam WattisonWilliam Flynn (CPA)
John Fox (Ind)
SutherlandLaborTom DaltonIan Griffith (Lib)
TamworthCountryArthur ForanBill Chaffey (CP)
TemoraCountryHector SkidmoreDoug Dickson (CP)
TenterfieldCountryMichael Bruxner (CP)
Upper HunterCountryAlbert KhanD'Arcy Rose (CP)
VaucluseLiberalMurray Robson (Lib)Alfred Elboz (Ind)
Wagga WaggaLaborEddie GrahamWal Fife (Lib)
WaratahLaborHarry SheedyHarry Edwards (Ind)
Thomas Graham (CPA)
Frank Purdue* (Ind)
WaverleyLaborWilliam FergusonJohn Steinwede (Lib)Eddie Maher (CPA)
WilloughbyLiberalAnthony CoatesGeorge Brain (Lib)
WollondillyLiberalErnest SeagerBlake Pelly (Lib)
Wollongong-KemblaLaborRex ConnorRobert Albert (Lib)George Parker (Ind)
WoollahraLiberalVernon Treatt (Lib)George Mason (Ind)
YoungLaborFred CahillGeorge Freudenstein (CP)
Raymond Oliver (Lib)

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References

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