Candidates of the 1956 New South Wales state election

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

• Robert Cameron (Waratah)
• Daniel Clyne (King)
• Edgar Dring (Auburn) died in December 1955; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.
• Arthur Williams (East Hills)

Liberal

• Walter Howarth (Maitland)
• Joseph Jackson (Nepean)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albury	Liberal	Robert White	Doug Padman (Lib)
Armidale	Labor	Jim Cahill	Davis Hughes (CP)
Ashfield	Liberal	James Brady	Richard Murden (Lib)
Auburn	Labor	Thomas Ryan	John Steel (Lib)	Chris Lang (LL) Edward Spensley (Ind)
Balmain	Labor	John McMahon	Elton Lewis (Lib)	Stan Moran (CPA)
Bankstown	Labor	Spence Powell	Reginald Allsop (Lib)	Roy Boyd (CPA)
Barwon	Country	Gerard McInerney	Geoff Crawford (CP)
Bathurst	Labor	Gus Kelly	Jack Toole (Lib)
Blacktown	Labor	John Freeman	Graham Cullis (Lib)
Bondi	Labor	Abe Landa	Daniel Sutherland (Lib)
Bulli	Labor	Rex Jackson	Donald Heggie (Lib)	Bill McDougall (CPA)
Burrinjuck	Labor	Bill Sheahan	Allan Johnson (CP)
Burwood	Liberal		Leslie Parr (Lib)
Byron	Country		Stanley Stephens (CP)	Archibald Johnston (Ind)
Canterbury	Labor	Arthur Tonge	Cecil Ford (Lib)
Casino	Country		Ian Robinson (CP)
Castlereagh	Labor	Jack Renshaw	Norman Brown (CP)
Cessnock	Labor	John Crook	Harold Hawkes (Lib)	David Stevenson (CPA)
Clarence	Country		Garth Munro (CP) Bill Weiley (CP)
Cobar	Labor	Ernest Wetherell
Collaroy	Liberal		Robert Askin (Lib)	Gordon Jones (Ind) Elfrida Morcom (CPA)
Concord	Labor	Thomas Murphy	Lerryn Mutton (Lib)	Leslie Greenfield (CPA)
Coogee	Labor	Lou Walsh	Kevin Ellis (Lib)	Tasman Crocker (Ind)
Cook's River	Labor	Joseph Cahill	James Skehan (Lib)	William Kendrick (Ind) Edward Rowe (CPA)
Croydon	Liberal	Frank Zions	David Hunter (Lib)
Drummoyne	Labor	Roy Jackson	Walter Lawrence (Lib)
Dubbo	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	Neville Magin (Lib) Keith Sullivan (CP)
Dulwich Hill	Labor	Cliff Mallam	Lionel Corner (Lib)
Earlwood	Liberal	David Connors	Eric Willis (Lib)
East Hills	Labor	Joe Kelly	Harold Stalker (Lib)	Douglas Marshall (Ind)
Eastwood	Liberal		Eric Hearnshaw (Lib)
Fairfield	Labor	Clarrie Earl	Guy Holmes (Lib)	Edwin Lipscombe (CPA)
George's River	Labor	Frank O'Neill	Douglas Cross (Lib)	Paul Mortier (CPA)
Gloucester	Country	Thomas Breen	Ray Fitzgerald (CP)
Gordon	Liberal		Stewart Fraser (Lib)
Gosford	Liberal	Rupert Wallace	Harold Jackson (Lib)	Alan Brackenreg (CPA) Roy Jackson (Ind) Leslie Moffat (Ind)
Goulburn	Labor	Laurie Tully	Ray Bladwell (Lib)
Granville	Labor	Bill Lamb	Bob Mutton (Lib)	Rupert Lockwood (CPA)
Hamilton	Labor	George Campbell	Horace Smith (Lib)
Hartley	Ind Labor	Jim Robson		William Black (Ind Lab) Leslie Cant (Ind) John King (CPA) Neville Weekes (Ind)
Hawkesbury	Liberal	John Grinham	Bernie Deane (Lib)
Hornsby	Liberal	Francis O'Connell	Sydney Storey (Lib)
Hurstville	Labor	Clive Evatt	Hedley Mallard (Lib)	Edward Merryfull (Ind)
Illawarra	Labor	Howard Fowles	Adrian O'Donnell (Lib)	David Bowen (CPA)
Kahibah	Independent	Robert McCartney	Joseph Richley (Lib)	Tom Armstrong (Ind Lab)
King	Labor	Albert Sloss	Roberta Galagher (Lib)	Michael Callinan (LL) Ron Maxwell (CPA)
Kogarah	Labor	Bill Crabtree	Horace Harper (Lib)
Kurri Kurri	Labor	George Booth	Stanley Mettam (Lib)
Lake Macquarie	Labor	Jim Simpson	Edward Farrell (Lib)	William Quinn (CPA)
Lakemba	Labor	Stan Wyatt	John Whelan (Lib)	James Staples (CPA)
Lane Cove	Liberal	Geoffrey O'Donnell	Ken McCaw (Lib)
Leichhardt	Labor	Reg Coady	Barney Morton (Lib)
Lismore	Country	Archibald McEwan	Jack Easter (CP)	Constance Wilson (Ind)
Liverpool	Labor	Jack Mannix
Liverpool Plains	Labor	Roger Nott	Henry Gregson (Lib) Geoffrey Thomas (CP)	John Pender (Ind)
Maitland	Liberal	Cecil Robinson	Milton Morris (Lib)	Ted Fletcher (Ind) Henry Ivins (Ind) Leonard Neville (Ind Lib)
Manly	Liberal	John Wilson	Douglas Darby (Lib)
Maroubra	Labor	Bob Heffron	Wallace Peacock (Lib)
Marrickville	Labor	Norm Ryan	Ian Chisholm (Lib)	William McCristal (RP) Adam Ogston (CPA)
Monaro	Labor	John Seiffert	Ernest Smith (Lib) Frederick Von Nida (CP)
Mosman	Liberal	Malcolm Stuart-Robertson	Pat Morton (Lib)
Mudgee	Labor	Leo Nott	Eric Hennessy (Lib) Kenneth Masters (CP)
Murray	Country	Willie Peters	Joe Lawson (CP)
Murrumbidgee	Labor	George Enticknap	Michael Cudmore (CP)
Nepean	Liberal	Alfred Bennett	Bill Chapman (Lib)	Jim Chalmers (Ind Lab) Mel McCalman (CPA)
Neutral Bay	Liberal	Donald Gray	Ivan Black (Lib)
Newcastle	Labor	Frank Hawkins	Iris Hyde (Lib)	Mervyn Copley (CPA)
North Sydney	Labor	Ray Maher	Peter Murphy (Lib)	Bill Wood (CPA)
Orange	Country	Louie Cassey	Charles Cutler (CP)	Cecil Connors (CPA)
Oxley	Country	William Kennewell	Les Jordan (CP)	Joe Cordner (Ind)
Paddington	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	Rodney Craigie (Lib)	Bill Brown (CPA)
Parramatta	Labor	Kevin Morgan	Jim Clough (Lib)
Phillip	Labor	Pat Hills		Francis Mohan (LL) Robert Webster (CPA)
Raleigh	Country		Radford Gamack (CP)
Randwick	Labor	William Gollan	Charles De Monchaux (Lib)	Kenneth O'Hara (CPA)
Redfern	Labor	Fred Green		Arthur Shipton (CPA)
Rockdale	Labor	John McGrath	Harold Heslehurst (Lib)
Ryde	Labor	Frank Downing	Francis Collings (Lib)
South Coast	Liberal	Allan Beaton	Jack Beale (Lib)
Sturt	Labor	William Wattison		William Flynn (CPA) John Fox (Ind)
Sutherland	Labor	Tom Dalton	Ian Griffith (Lib)
Tamworth	Country	Arthur Foran	Bill Chaffey (CP)
Temora	Country	Hector Skidmore	Doug Dickson (CP)
Tenterfield	Country		Michael Bruxner (CP)
Upper Hunter	Country	Albert Khan	D'Arcy Rose (CP)
Vaucluse	Liberal		Murray Robson (Lib)	Alfred Elboz (Ind)
Wagga Wagga	Labor	Eddie Graham	Wal Fife (Lib)
Waratah	Labor	Harry Sheedy		Frank Purdue (Ind)
				Harry Edwards (Ind) Thomas Graham (CPA)
Waverley	Labor	William Ferguson	John Steinwede (Lib)	Eddie Maher (CPA)
Willoughby	Liberal	Anthony Coates	George Brain (Lib)
Wollondilly	Liberal	Ernest Seager	Blake Pelly (Lib)
Wollongong-Kembla	Labor	Rex Connor	Robert Albert (Lib)	George Parker (Ind)
Woollahra	Liberal		Vernon Treatt (Lib)	George Mason (Ind)
Young	Labor	Fred Cahill	George Freudenstein (CP) Raymond Oliver (Lib)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959