# Candidates of the 1981 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1981 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 19 September 1981.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Gordon Barnier MLA (Blacktown)
* Syd Einfeld MLA (Waverley)
* Harry Jensen MLA (Munmorah)
* Lew Johnstone MLA (Broken Hill)
* Cliff Mallam MLA (Campbelltown)
* Kath Anderson MLC
* Peter McMahon MLC
* Herb McPherson MLC
* Robert Melville MLC

### Liberal

* Dick Healey MLA (Davidson)
* John Mason MLA (Dubbo)
* Roger de Bryon-Faes MLC
* Vi Lloyd MLC

### National Country

* Tim Bruxner MLA (Tenterfield)
* George Freudenstein MLA (Young)
* Peter King MLA (Oxley)
* John Sullivan MLA (Sturt)
* Jim Taylor MLA (Temora)
* Leo Connellan MLC

## 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 | Harold Mair | Brian Moriarty (Lib) | |
| Ashfield | Labor | Paul Whelan | George Dryden (Lib) | Albert Jarman (Dem) |
| Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | David Lynam (Lib) | |
| Balmain | Labor | Roger Degen | Dianne Street (Lib) | James Donovan (SPA) Denis Freney (CPA) Franco Paisio (Dem) Douglas Spedding (Ind) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Ric Mochalski | James McDonald (Lib) | Donna Hoban (Ind) |
| Barwon | NCP | Richard Emerson | Wal Murray (NCP) |
| Bass Hill | Labor | Neville Wran | Paul Jones (Lib) | |
| Bathurst | Labor | Mick Clough | Clive Osborne (NCP) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | John Aquilina | David Bannerman (Lib) | |
| Bligh | Labor | Fred Miller | John Barraclough (Lib) | George Warnecke (Ind) Joseph Zingarelli (Dem) |
| Blue Mountains | Labor | Bob Debus | Reg Gillard (Lib) | Harry Marsh (Ind) |
| Broken Hill | Labor | Bill Beckroge | George Gleeson (NCP) | |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Terry Sheahan | John Harvey (NCP) | Scott Milne (Dem) |
| Burwood | Labor | Phil O'Neill | Bruce MacCarthy (Lib) | Stephen Kirkham (Dem) |
| Byron | NCP | Thomas Hogan | Jack Boyd (NCP) | Kenneth Nicholson (Dem) |
| Cabramatta | Labor | Eric Bedford | Kerry Chikarovski (Lib) | |
| Camden | Labor | Ralph Brading | Peter Reynolds (Lib) | Raymond Guy (Dem) |
| Campbelltown | Labor | Michael Knight | | William Dowsett (Ind) Gordon Fetterplace (Ind) William O'Donnell (Ind) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Colin Thew (Lib) | |
| Castlereagh | NCP | Jim Curran | Roger Wotton (NCP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | Stan Neilly | James White (Lib) | Gregory Mutton (Dem) |
| Charlestown | Labor | Richard Face | Robert Cowley (Lib) | |
| Clarence | Labor | Don Day | William Ralston (NCP) | |
| Coffs Harbour | NCP | Joseph Moran | Matt Singleton (NCP) | |
| Coogee | Labor | Michael Cleary | Kenneth Finn (Lib) | Michael Gluyas (Ind) |
| Corrimal | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Colin Bruton (Lib) | Carol Blond (Ind) Questa Gill (Dem) |
| Cronulla | Labor | Michael Egan | Stephen Mutch (Lib) | |
| Davidson | Liberal | Julie Sutton | Terry Metherell (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Michael Maher | Sarah Hewson (Lib) | Peter Nelson (Dem) |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Peter Morgan | Gerry Peacocke* (NCP) Eric Woods (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Labor | Ken Gabb | Shirley Watson (Lib) | Paul Terrett (Dem) |
| East Hills | Labor | Pat Rogan | Paul Brazier (Lib) | Margaret Vitlin (Dem) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | Jeff Shaw | Jim Clough (Lib) | Peter Chambers (Dem) |
| Elizabeth | Labor | Pat Hills | John Davison (Lib) | Aileen Beaver (CPA) |
| Fairfield | Labor | Janice Crosio | Robert Goninon (Lib) | |
| Georges River | Labor | Frank Walker | Terence Morgan (Lib) | Wallace Burak (Dem) Bruce Galloway (Ind) Phillip Gerlach (Ind) Eric Stavely-Alexander (Ind) |
| Gladesville | Labor | Rodney Cavalier | Ivan Petch (Lib) | Robert Springett (Dem) |
| Gloucester | NCP | John Eastman | Leon Punch (NCP) | |
| Gordon | Liberal | George Doumanis | Tim Moore (Lib) | Ilse Robey (Dem) |
| Gosford | Labor | Brian McGowan | Andrew Fennell (Lib) | Paul Baker (Ind) Robert Bell (Dem) Barry Phillips (Ind) |
| Goulburn | NCP | Robert Stephens | Ron Brewer (NCP) | |
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Florence Maio (Lib) | |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Bennett Fienberg | Kevin Rozzoli (Lib) | John Whittington (Ind) |
| Heathcote | Labor | Rex Jackson | Ron Phillips (Lib) | Warren Evans (Dem) Maree Jamieson (Ind) |
| Heffron | Labor | Laurie Brereton | Carolyn O'Connor (Lib) | |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Christopher Gorrick | Neil Pickard (Lib) | Timothy Daly (Ind) John Haydon (Dem) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Kevin Ryan | Frederick Harvison (Lib) | Frank Low (Dem) |
| Illawarra | Labor | George Petersen | Mervyn Lucke (Lib) | James Kay (Dem) Susan Sallans (Ind) |
| Ingleburn | Labor | Stan Knowles | Gary Lucas (Lib) | |
| Kiama | Labor | Bill Knott | James Chittick (Lib) | |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Patrick O'Brien (Lib) | Albert Ost (Dem) |
| Ku-ring-gai | Liberal | Ian Cameron | Nick Greiner (Lib) | Pamela Tuckwell (Dem) |
| Lachlan | NCP | Timothy West | Ian Armstrong (NCP) | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Merv Hunter | Judith Ball (Lib) | Genady Levitch (Dem) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | Vivian Salama (Lib) | |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Miron Shapira | John Dowd (Lib) | Gary Smith (Dem) Rhody Thomas (Ind) |
| Lismore | NCP | Alan Veavock | Bruce Duncan (NCP) | |
| Liverpool | Labor | George Paciullo | Raymond Marsh (Lib) | David Bransdon (Ind) Patrick Leyman (Ind) |
| Maitland | Labor | Allan Walsh | Peter Toms (Lib) | Jack Collins (Ind) James Roberts (Ind) |
| Manly | Labor | Alan Stewart | Nelson Meers (Lib) | Patricia Langworthy (Ind) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bill Haigh | Mervyn Colbron (Lib) | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Tom Cahill | John Kekis (Lib) | Anthony Larkings (Dem) Christopher Taylor (SPA) |
| Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Alan Byers (Lib) | |
| Miranda | Labor | Bill Robb | Lawrence Power (Lib) | Richard Hopkins (Dem) |
| Monaro | Labor | John Akister | David Barton (Lib) Susan Mitchell (NCP) | Christopher Kleiss (Ind) |
| Mosman | Liberal | Richard Lancaster | David Arblaster (Lib) | |
| Murray | NCP | Robert Allen | Tim Fischer (NCP) | Gregory Butler (Dem) |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | Lin Gordon | John Armstrong (NCP) | Thomas Marriott (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Arthur Wade | Alex Bevan (Lib) | Kay Wicks (CPA) |
| Northcott | Liberal | Therese McGee | Jim Cameron (Lib) | Ian Irwin (Dem) |
| Northern Tablelands | NCP | Bill McCarthy | John Tregurtha (NCP) | |
| North Shore | Liberal | Maurice May | Bruce McDonald (Lib) | Ted Mack* (Ind) Norman Ward (Dem) |
| Orange | NCP | Harold Gartrell | Garry West (NCP) | |
| Oxley | NCP | Alick Rogers | Jim Brown (NCP) | |
| Parramatta | Labor | Barry Wilde | Paul Zammit (Lib) | Anthony Buhagiar (Ind) Barry Jacques (Dem) |
| Peats | Labor | Keith O'Connell | Raymond Carter (Lib) | John Aitken (Dem) |
| Penrith | Labor | Peter Anderson | Ross Shuttleworth (Lib) | |
| Pittwater | Liberal | Patrick Sewell | Max Smith (Lib) | |
| Riverstone | Labor | Tony Johnson | Kenneth Jessup (Lib) | John Cavenett (Dem) |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | John Tonkin (Lib) | |
| Ryde | Labor | Garry McIlwaine | Donald Wilkinson (Lib) | Christopher Dunkerley (Dem) |
| St Marys | Labor | Ron Mulock | Rodney Field (Lib) | |
| Seven Hills | Labor | Bob Christie | Heather Gow (Lib) | Peggy Cable (Dem) |
| South Coast | Independent | | | John Hatton (Ind) |
| Swansea | Labor | Don Bowman | Denis Dolan (Lib) | Lyn Godfrey (Dem) |
| Tamworth | NCP | Garrett Ryan | Noel Park (NCP) | Noel Cassell (Dem) |
| The Hills | Liberal | Barry Calvert | Fred Caterson (Lib) | Rona Samuels (Dem) |
| Tuggerah | Labor | Harry Moore | Joan Skaife (Lib) | Lynn Sawyer (Dem) |
| Upper Hunter | NCP | Ronald Brumpton | Col Fisher (NCP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | Nance Loney | Rosemary Foot (Lib) | Brian Hillman (Dem) Mark Ure (Ind) |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Thomas Watson | Joe Schipp (Lib) | Rodney Dominish (Dem) |
| Wakehurst | Labor | Tom Webster | Phillip Wearne (Lib) | Henri Rathgeber (Dem) |
| Wallsend | Labor | Ken Booth | Richard Noonan (Lib) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Sam Jones | Pauline Graham (Lib) | Christopher Dodds (CPA) |
| Waverley | Labor | Ernie Page | Albert Ross (Lib) | |
| Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | Colin Edwards (Lib) | |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | Peter Collins (Lib) | Kenneth Thomas (Ind) |
| Wollongong | Labor | Eric Ramsay | Ronald Brooks (Lib) | Frank Arkell (Ind) Ellen Love (Ind) Meg Sampson (Dem) |
| Woronora | Labor | Maurie Keane | Chris Downy (Lib) | |

## Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
| Labor candidates | Coalition candidates | Democrats candidates | CTA candidates | Environment candidates | Progress candidates |
| Paul Landa* Jack Hallam* Jack Garland* Barney French* Franca Arena* George Brenner* Ken Reed* Bryan Vaughan* Ann Symonds Fred Hankinson | Max Willis* (Lib) Jack Doohan* (NCP) Ted Pickering* (Lib) John Matthews* (Lib) Richard Killen* (NCP) Derek Freeman (Lib) Judy Jakins (NCP) Bronwyn Bishop (Lib) John Hagan (Lib) Doug Moppett (NCP) | Elisabeth Kirkby* Paul McLean James Boow Christine Townend Laurence Bourke Ray Griffiths Ross McInnes Richard Beazley Joe Lake Elizabeth Poppleton | Fred Nile* Graham McLennan Kevin Hume Tom Toogood Percy Everingham | Keith Suter Dudley Leggett Jennifer Quealy Quentin Jacobsen | Henry Soper Marjorie Wisby William More |
| Republican candidates | SDP candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | |
| Brian Buckley Marie McKern | Walter Roach Johann Liszikam | Louis Patmoy Rudolph Dezelin | | | |