Candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election

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This is a list of candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 17 June 1950.

Retiring Members[edit]

Labor[edit]

Legislative Assembly[edit]

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 John Hurley Doug Padman (Lib)
Armidale Country Jim Cahill Davis Hughes (CP) Edward Spensley (Ind)
Ashfield Liberal Ernest Grove Athol Richardson (Lib)
Auburn Lang Labor Edgar Dring Jim Dennison (Lib) Alexander Kerr (Ind)
Roy Kirby (CPA)
Chris Lang (LL)
Balmain Labor John McMahon Frederick Mann (Lib) Tom Dowling (CPA)
Malinda Ivey (Ind)
Mary Quirk (Ind Lab)
Bankstown Labor Spence Powell Blanche Barkl (Lib)
Barwon Labor Norman Ferguson Geoff Crawford (CP) Roy Heferen (Ind Lab)
William McKechnie (Lib)
Bathurst Labor Gus Kelly Basil Genders (Lib)
Allan Harding (CP)
Blacktown Labor John Freeman Nancy Saxby (Lib)
Bondi Labor Abe Landa Keith Weekes (Lib)
Bulli Labor Laurie Kelly Leslie Strachan (Lib) John Martin (CPA)
Burrinjuck New seat Bill Sheahan William Ross (CP)
Burwood Liberal Gordon Jackett (Lib) Harrie Mitchell (Ind)
Byron Country Stanley Stephens (CP)
Canterbury Labor Arthur Tonge Robert Bruce (Lib)
Casino Country Alexander Bryen John Reid (CP)
Castlereagh Labor Jack Renshaw John Campbell (Lib)
Noel Knight (CP)
Edward Langbien (CP)
Cessnock Labor John Crook John Tapp (CPA)
Clarence Country Cecil Wingfield (CP)
Cobar Labor Ernest Wetherell Frederick Harding (CP)
Collaroy New seat John Masters Robert Askin (Lib)
Concord Liberal Thomas Murphy John Adamson (Lib)
Coogee Liberal Lou Walsh Kevin Ellis (Lib)
Cook's River Labor Joseph Cahill Donald Clark (Lib) Henry McPhillips (Ind)
Croydon Liberal David Hunter (Lib)
Darlinghurst New seat Frank Finnan John Paget (Lib) Adam Ogston (CPA)
Drummoyne Liberal Charles Halliday Robert Dewley (Lib)
Dubbo Labor Clarrie Robertson Robert Medcalf* (CP)
Joseph Roach (Lib)
Madge Roberts (Ind)
Dulwich Hill Labor George Weir Leslie Parr (Lib)
Earlwood New seat Arthur Higgins Eric Willis (Lib)
Eastwood New seat John Birchall Eric Hearnshaw (Lib)
George's River Labor Arthur Williams Charles Little (Lib)
Gloucester Country Edward Robb Ray Fitzgerald (CP) William McCristal (Ind)
Bruce Cowan (CP)
Roderick Richardson (Lib)
Gordon Liberal Harry Turner (Lib)
Gosford New seat John Egan Harold Jackson (Lib) George Downes (Ind)
Walter Lloyd (Ind)
Jack Parks (Ind)
William Wright (CP)
Goulburn Labor Laurie Tully Hubert O'Connell (Lib)
Granville Labor Bill Lamb William Campbell (Lib)
Hamilton Labor George Campbell Harry Quinlan (Lib) Oscar Newton (Ind)
Hartley Labor Jim Chalmers James Cripps (Lib) John King (CPA)
Hawkesbury Liberal Bernie Deane (Lib) Herbert Daley (Ind)
Greg McGirr (CP)
Hornsby Liberal Roy Shirvington Sydney Storey (Lib)
Hurstville Labor Clive Evatt Leslie Webster (Lib)
Illawarra Labor Howard Fowles Lindsay Maynes (Lib)
Kahibah New seat Joshua Arthur William Bourke (Lib)
King Labor Daniel Clyne Roberta Galagher (Lib) Horace Foley (LL)
Clare Peters (Ind)
Kogarah Liberal Bill Crabtree Douglas Cross (Lib)
Kurri Kurri Labor George Booth Nellie Simm (CPA)
Lake Macquarie New seat Jim Simpson John Wilkins (Lib)
Lakemba Labor Stan Wyatt Samuel Warren (Lib) Roy Boyd (CPA)
Fred Stanley (Ind Lab)
Lane Cove Liberal Hugh Milne Ken McCaw (Lib)
Leichhardt Labor Claude Matthews Charles Shields (Lib) Arthur Doughty (Ind)
Lismore Country Francis Fredericks William Frith (CP)
Liverpool New seat James McGirr Bernard Fitzpatrick (Lib) Don Syme (CPA)
Liverpool Plains Labor Roger Nott Keith Mitchell (Lib)
Frank O'Keefe (CP)
Maitland Liberal Kevin Barlow Walter Howarth (Lib)
Manly Liberal Douglas Darby (Lib) Charles Scharkie (Ind Lib)
Maroubra New seat Bob Heffron Philip Goldman (Lib)
Marrickville Labor Carlo Lazzarini Basil Mottershead (Lib)
Monaro Labor Bill Keys (Lib) John Seiffert (Ind Lab)
Mosman Liberal Allan Matthews Pat Morton (Lib)
Mudgee Labor John Breen Frederick Cooke (CP)
Norman Horne (Lib)
Murray Country James Flood Joe Lawson (CP)
Ebenezer Kendell (CP)
Murrumbidgee Labor George Enticknap John Oag (Lib)
Alfred Yeo (CP)
Nepean Liberal Joseph Jackson (Lib) Allan Taylor (Ind)
Neutral Bay Liberal Frank McCullum Ivan Black (Lib)
Newcastle Labor Frank Hawkins Eric Cupit (Lib) Laurie Aarons (CPA)
Newtown-Annandale New seat Arthur Greenup Lilian Fowler (LL)
Daisy Lewin (CPA)
North Sydney Labor Ray Maher Bjarne Halvorsen (Lib) James Geraghty (Ind Lab)
Orange Country Francis Hoy Charles Cutler (CP)
Oxley Country William Baker Les Jordan (CP)
Paddington Labor Maurice O'Sullivan Bob Mutton (Lib) Phyllis Johnson (CPA)
Parramatta Liberal Louis O'Neil George Gollan (Lib)
Phillip Labor Tom Shannon Henry Clarke (Lib)
Raleigh Country Roy Vincent (CP)
Randwick Labor William Gollan Gerald Davis (Lib)
Redfern Labor Fred Green Phillip Pethers (Lib) Frederick Fairbrother (Ind Lab)
Mervyn Pidcock (CPA)
Rockdale Labor John McGrath George McGuire (Lib)
Ryde Liberal Frank Downing Ken Anderson (Lib)
South Coast Liberal Alfred Berriman Jack Beale (Lib)
Sturt Labor William Wattison
Sutherland New seat Gough Whitlam Cecil Monro (Lib)
Tamworth Country Bill Chaffey (CP)
Temora Country Doug Dickson (CP)
Tenterfield Country Michael Bruxner (CP) Ben Wade (Ind CP)
Upper Hunter Country Leonard Neville D'Arcy Rose (CP)
Vaucluse Liberal Harold Levien Murray Robson (Lib) Tasman Crocker (Ind Lib)
Wagga Wagga Labor Eddie Graham Richard Blamey (CP)
Ivan Jack (Lib)
Waratah Labor Robert Cameron Harold Hollis (Lib)
Waverley Labor Clarrie Martin Ross McKinnon (Lib)
Willoughby Liberal Brian White George Brain (Lib)
Wollondilly Liberal Blake Pelly (Lib) Erle Sampson (Ind)
Gerald Wylie (Ind)
Wollongong-Kembla Labor Rex Connor Gerald Sargent (Lib) Henry Graham (Ind)
Woollahra Liberal William Harcourt Vernon Treatt (Lib)
Young Labor Fred Cahill Douglas Beard (CP)
Percy Richardson (Lib)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • Green, Antony. "1950 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.