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

• Ted Horsington MLA (Sturt)
• John Sweeney MLA (Bulli)

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
Albury	Labor	John Hurley	Doug Padman (Lib-CP)
Annandale	Labor	Bob Gorman		George Stanley (LL)
Armidale	Country	Francis Harvison	David Drummond (CP)
Ashburnham	Labor	Edgar Dring	Holman Cockram (Lib) Hilton Elliott (CP)
Ashfield	Liberal	William Peters	Athol Richardson (Lib)
Auburn	Lang Labor	Frank Peffer		Alexander Kerr (Ind) James Lang* (LL) Stanley Roy (CPA)
Balmain	Labor	Mary Quirk	Eddington Sherwood (Lib)	Malinda Ivey (Ind) Stan Moran (CPA) Ronald Sarina (Ind)
Bankstown	Labor	James McGirr	John Byrne (Lib)	Ernest Callaghan (LL) George Durrance (Ind)
Barwon	Labor	Roy Heferen	Geoff Crawford (CP) Ernest Ellis (CP)
Bathurst	Labor	Gus Kelly	Walter L'Estrange (Lib)
Blacktown	Labor	John Freeman	Francis Izon (Lib)	Ian Grant (LL) Frederick Wingrave (CPA)
Bondi	Labor	Abe Landa	William McNally (Lib)	Bessie Frewin (LL)
Botany	Labor	Bob Heffron
Bulli	Labor	Laurie Kelly		Hector MacKay (Ind Lab) John Martin (CPA)
Burwood	Liberal	George Russell	Gordon Jackett (Lib)
Byron	Country		Stanley Stephens (CP)	Christopher Grant (Ind)
Canterbury	Labor	Arthur Tonge	John Paget (Lib)
Casino	Country	Harold Edwards	John Reid (CP)
Castlereagh	Labor	Jack Renshaw	Richard Powell (CP)
Cessnock	Labor	Jack Baddeley		Charles Evans (CPA) William May (Ind Lab)
Clarence	Country		Cecil Wingfield (CP)
Cobar	Labor	Mat Davidson
Concord	Labor	Bill Carlton	Brice Mutton (Lib)
Coogee	Labor	Lou Cunningham	Kevin Ellis (Lib)
Cook's River	Labor	Joseph Cahill		John Hamilton (LL)
Corowa	Country	James Adam	Ebenezer Kendell (CP)
Croydon	Liberal	Clive Leroy	David Hunter (Lib)
Drummoyne	Labor	Robert Greig	Robert Dewley (Lib)
Dubbo	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	Clarence Cook (Lib) Thelma Harvey (CP)
Dulwich Hill	Labor	George Weir	John Adamson (Lib)
Georges River	Labor	Arthur Williams	Ray Watson (Lib)
Gloucester	Independent		Alan Borthwick (Lib) Donald Mackay (CP)	James Bogan (Ind) Edwin Dark (Ind) Ray Fitzgerald* (Ind)
Gordon	Liberal		Harry Turner (Lib)	James O'Toole (Ind)
Goulburn	Labor	Laurie Tully	William Bladwell (Lib-CP)
Granville	Labor	Bill Lamb		Frederick Cruse (LL)
Hamilton	Labor	Joshua Arthur	Oscar Newton (Lib)	William Lambert (LL) Harold Scott-Daisley (Ind)
Hartley	Labor	Hamilton Knight		John King (CPA)
Hawkesbury	Labor	Frank Finnan	Bernie Deane (Lib) Edward Mann (CP)
Hornsby	Independent	George Manuel	Jeffrey Blaxland (Lib) Sydney Storey* (Lib)	Charles Somerville (Ind)
Hurstville	Labor	Clive Evatt	Leslie Webster (Lib)
Illawarra	Labor	Howard Fowles	Arthur Butfield (CP) Neville Carey (Lib)
King	Labor	Daniel Clyne	Roberta Galagher (Lib)	Horace Foley (LL) Frederick Haimes (CPA)
Kogarah	Labor	William Currey	George Evans (Lib)
Kurri Kurri	Labor	George Booth		Robert Chapman (CPA)
Lachlan	Labor	John Chanter	Daniel Clifton (Lib) Robert Medcalf* (CP)	Madge Roberts (Ind)
Lakemba	Labor	Fred Stanley		William Dowe (Ind) Adam Ogston (CPA) Harry Robson (Ind)
Lane Cove	Labor	Henry Woodward	Ken McCaw (Lib)	Leslie Greenfield (CPA)
Leichhardt	Labor	Claude Matthews
Lismore	Country		William Frith (CP)	Frederick Stoker (Ind)
Liverpool Plains	Labor	Roger Nott	Cleve Slacksmith (CP)
Maitland	Liberal	Walter O'Hearn	Walter Howarth (Lib)
Manly	Liberal	Cedric Cahill	Douglas Darby (Lib)
Marrickville	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini		William McCristal (Ind)
Monaro	Labor	John Seiffert	William Bruce (Lib)
Mosman	Independent		Pat Morton (Lib)	Donald Macdonald (Ind)
Mudgee	Labor	Bill Dunn	Frederick Cooke (CP)
Murray	Country	James Flood	Joe Lawson (CP)
Murrumbidgee	Labor	George Enticknap	John Thorne (CP)
Namoi	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	Malcolm Heath (CP)
Nepean	Independent	Earle Cameron	Joseph Jackson (Lib)
Neutral Bay	Liberal		Ivan Black (Lib)	Jack Prior (Ind)
Newcastle	Labor	Frank Hawkins	Trebor Edmunds (Lib)
Newtown	Lang Labor	Arthur Greenup		Freda Brown (CPA) Lilian Fowler* (LL)
North Sydney	Labor	James Geraghty	William Travers (Lib)	Bill Wood (CPA)
Orange	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	Charles Cutler (CP) Thomas Whiteley (Lib)
Oxley	Independent		Les Jordan (CP)
Paddington	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan		Owen Cahill (LL) Jonno Hodgson (PLP) Phyllis Johnson (CPA)
Parramatta	Liberal	William Browne	George Gollan (Lib)	Charles Brown (Ind)
Phillip	Labor	Tom Shannon		Henry Dixon (Ind) Michael Moore (LL) Thomas Payne (CPA)
Raleigh	Country		Roy Vincent (CP)	Millicent Christian (Ind Lab)
Randwick	Labor	William Gollan	Thomas Murphy (Lib)
Redfern	Labor	George Noble		Frederick Fairbrother (PLP) Jack Miles (CPA) Edward Waters (LL)
Rockdale	Labor	John McGrath	George McGuire (Lib)
Ryde	Liberal		Eric Hearnshaw (Lib)	Robert O'Neile (Ind)
South Coast	Independent		Richard Bush (Lib)	Jack Beale (Ind)
Sturt	Labor	William Wattison
Tamworth	Independent	Cyril Cahill	Bill Chaffey (CP)
Temora	Country	Percy Lucas	Doug Dickson (CP)
Tenterfield	Country		Michael Bruxner (CP)
Upper Hunter	Country	John Speers	D'Arcy Rose (CP)
Vaucluse	Liberal		Murray Robson	Frank Browne (Ind Lib)
Wagga Wagga	Labor	Eddie Graham	Ernest Wenke (CP)
Waratah	Labor	Robert Cameron		Stan Deacon (Ind)
Waverley	Labor	Clarrie Martin	Thomas Fairbairn (Lib)
Willoughby	Liberal	John McHugh	George Brain (Lib)
Wollondilly	Liberal	James Walsh	Jeff Bate (Lib)
Wollongong-Kembla	Labor	Billy Davies
Woollahra	Liberal	John Neale	Vernon Treatt (Lib)
Yass	Labor	Bill Sheahan	Noel Barber (Lib) John MacKay (CP)	John Cusack (Ind)
Young	Labor	Fred Cahill	John Collins (CP) Percy Richardson (Lib)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

References

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