Candidates of the 1947 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1947 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 May 1947.

Retiring Members

William McKell (Labor, Redfern) resigned in February 1947; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.

Labor

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
 
AlburyLaborJohn HurleyDoug Padman (Lib-CP)
AnnandaleLaborBob GormanGeorge Stanley (LL)
ArmidaleCountryFrancis HarvisonDavid Drummond (CP)
AshburnhamLaborEdgar DringHolman Cockram (Lib)
Hilton Elliott (CP)
AshfieldLiberalWilliam PetersAthol Richardson (Lib)
AuburnLang LaborFrank PefferAlexander Kerr (Ind)
James Lang* (LL)
Stanley Roy (CPA)
BalmainLaborMary QuirkEddington Sherwood (Lib)Malinda Ivey (Ind)
Stan Moran (CPA)
Ronald Sarina (Ind)
BankstownLaborJames McGirrJohn Byrne (Lib)Ernest Callaghan (LL)
George Durrance (Ind)
BarwonLaborRoy HeferenGeoff Crawford (CP)
Ernest Ellis (CP)
BathurstLaborGus KellyWalter L'Estrange (Lib)
BlacktownLaborJohn FreemanFrancis Izon (Lib)Ian Grant (LL)
Frederick Wingrave (CPA)
BondiLaborAbe LandaWilliam McNally (Lib)Bessie Frewin (LL)
BotanyLaborBob Heffron
BulliLaborLaurie KellyHector MacKay (Ind Lab)
John Martin (CPA)
BurwoodLiberalGeorge RussellGordon Jackett (Lib)
ByronCountryStanley Stephens (CP)Christopher Grant (Ind)
CanterburyLaborArthur TongeJohn Paget (Lib)
CasinoCountryHarold EdwardsJohn Reid (CP)
CastlereaghLaborJack RenshawRichard Powell (CP)
CessnockLaborJack BaddeleyCharles Evans (CPA)
William May (Ind Lab)
ClarenceCountryCecil Wingfield (CP)
CobarLaborMat Davidson
ConcordLaborBill CarltonBrice Mutton (Lib)
CoogeeLaborLou CunninghamKevin Ellis (Lib)
Cook's RiverLaborJoseph CahillJohn Hamilton (LL)
CorowaCountryJames AdamEbenezer Kendell (CP)
CroydonLiberalClive LeroyDavid Hunter (Lib)
DrummoyneLaborRobert GreigRobert Dewley (Lib)
DubboLaborClarrie RobertsonClarence Cook (Lib)
Thelma Harvey (CP)
Dulwich HillLaborGeorge WeirJohn Adamson (Lib)
Georges RiverLaborArthur WilliamsRay Watson (Lib)
GloucesterIndependentAlan Borthwick (Lib)
Donald Mackay (CP)		James Bogan (Ind)
Edwin Dark (Ind)
Ray Fitzgerald* (Ind)
GordonLiberalHarry Turner (Lib)James O'Toole (Ind)
GoulburnLaborLaurie TullyWilliam Bladwell (Lib-CP)
GranvilleLaborBill LambFrederick Cruse (LL)
HamiltonLaborJoshua ArthurOscar Newton (Lib)William Lambert (LL)
Harold Scott-Daisley (Ind)
HartleyLaborHamilton KnightJohn King (CPA)
HawkesburyLaborFrank FinnanBernie Deane (Lib)
Edward Mann (CP)
HornsbyIndependentGeorge ManuelJeffrey Blaxland (Lib)
Sydney Storey* (Lib)		Charles Somerville (Ind)
HurstvilleLaborClive EvattLeslie Webster (Lib)
IllawarraLaborHoward FowlesArthur Butfield (CP)
Neville Carey (Lib)
KingLaborDaniel ClyneRoberta Galagher (Lib)Horace Foley (LL)
Frederick Haimes (CPA)
KogarahLaborWilliam CurreyGeorge Evans (Lib)
Kurri KurriLaborGeorge BoothRobert Chapman (CPA)
LachlanLaborJohn ChanterDaniel Clifton (Lib)
Robert Medcalf* (CP)		Madge Roberts (Ind)
LakembaLaborFred StanleyWilliam Dowe (Ind)
Adam Ogston (CPA)
Harry Robson (Ind)
Lane CoveLaborHenry WoodwardKen McCaw (Lib)Leslie Greenfield (CPA)
LeichhardtLaborClaude Matthews
LismoreCountryWilliam Frith (CP)Frederick Stoker (Ind)
Liverpool PlainsLaborRoger NottCleve Slacksmith (CP)
MaitlandLiberalWalter O'HearnWalter Howarth (Lib)
ManlyLiberalCedric CahillDouglas Darby (Lib)
MarrickvilleLaborCarlo LazzariniWilliam McCristal (Ind)
MonaroLaborJohn SeiffertWilliam Bruce (Lib)
MosmanIndependentPat Morton (Lib)Donald Macdonald (Ind)
MudgeeLaborBill DunnFrederick Cooke (CP)
MurrayCountryJames FloodJoe Lawson (CP)
MurrumbidgeeLaborGeorge EnticknapJohn Thorne (CP)
NamoiLaborRaymond HamiltonMalcolm Heath (CP)
NepeanIndependentEarle CameronJoseph Jackson (Lib)
Neutral BayLiberalIvan Black (Lib)Jack Prior (Ind)
NewcastleLaborFrank HawkinsTrebor Edmunds (Lib)
NewtownLang LaborArthur GreenupFreda Brown (CPA)
Lilian Fowler* (LL)
North SydneyLaborJames GeraghtyWilliam Travers (Lib)Bill Wood (CPA)
OrangeLaborBob O'HalloranCharles Cutler (CP)
Thomas Whiteley (Lib)
OxleyIndependentLes Jordan (CP)
PaddingtonLaborMaurice O'SullivanOwen Cahill (LL)
Jonno Hodgson (PLP)
Phyllis Johnson (CPA)
ParramattaLiberalWilliam BrowneGeorge Gollan (Lib)Charles Brown (Ind)
PhillipLaborTom ShannonHenry Dixon (Ind)
Michael Moore (LL)
Thomas Payne (CPA)
RaleighCountryRoy Vincent (CP)Millicent Christian (Ind Lab)
RandwickLaborWilliam GollanThomas Murphy (Lib)
RedfernLaborGeorge NobleFrederick Fairbrother (PLP)
Jack Miles (CPA)
Edward Waters (LL)
RockdaleLaborJohn McGrathGeorge McGuire (Lib)
RydeLiberalEric Hearnshaw (Lib)Robert O'Neile (Ind)
South CoastIndependentRichard Bush (Lib)Jack Beale (Ind)
SturtLaborWilliam Wattison
TamworthIndependentCyril CahillBill Chaffey (CP)
TemoraCountryPercy LucasDoug Dickson (CP)
TenterfieldCountryMichael Bruxner (CP)
Upper HunterCountryJohn SpeersD'Arcy Rose (CP)
VaucluseLiberalMurray RobsonFrank Browne (Ind Lib)
Wagga WaggaLaborEddie GrahamErnest Wenke (CP)
WaratahLaborRobert CameronStan Deacon (Ind)
WaverleyLaborClarrie MartinThomas Fairbairn (Lib)
WilloughbyLiberalJohn McHughGeorge Brain (Lib)
WollondillyLiberalJames WalshJeff Bate (Lib)
Wollongong-KemblaLaborBilly Davies
WoollahraLiberalJohn NealeVernon Treatt (Lib)
YassLaborBill SheahanNoel Barber (Lib)
John MacKay (CP)		John Cusack (Ind)
YoungLaborFred CahillJohn Collins (CP)
Percy Richardson (Lib)

See also

References
  • Green, Antony. "1947 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.
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