# Candidates of the 1978 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1978 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 7 October 1978.

## Retiring Members

Note: Tom Lewis MLA (Liberal, Wollondilly), George Neilly MLA (Labor, Cessnock) and Bruce Webster MLA (Liberal, Pittwater) all resigned some months prior to the election, but avoiding by-elections for their seats was one of the pretexts for the early election.

### Labor

* William Coulter MLC
* Walter Geraghty MLC
* Edna Roper MLC
* Amelia Rygate MLC
* Leroy Serisier MLC
* Norman Thom MLC

### Liberal

* Douglas Darby MLA (Manly)
* Keith Doyle MLA (Vaucluse)
* Ian Griffith MLA (Cronulla)
* Gordon Mackie MLA (Albury)
* Thomas Erskine MLC
* Stanley Eskell MLC
* Dick Evans MLC
* Ted Humphries MLC
* Thomas McKay MLC
* Anne Press MLC
* Bob Scott MLC
* Sir Edward Warren MLC

### Country

* Sir Harry Budd MLC
* Otway Falkiner MLC
* Sir John Fuller MLC
* Sir Asher Joel MLC
* Geoffrey Keighley MLC
* Richmond Manyweathers MLC
* Ronald Raines 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 | Liberal | Harold Mair | Clifford Chamberlain (CP) Phillip Williams (Lib) | |
| Armidale | Country | Bill McCarthy | David Leitch (CP) | Sidney Burkey (Dem) |
| Ashfield | Labor | Paul Whelan | Arthur McDonald (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | Maree Lloyd (Lib) | Aileen Beaver (CPA) |
| Balmain | Labor | Roger Degen | Ivor Balmain (Lib) | Brian Aarons (CPA) Lynda Boland (SWP) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | John Ghent (Lib) | Vera Stewart (Dem) |
| Barwon | Country | Marshall Duncan | Wal Murray (CP) | |
| Bass Hill | Labor | Neville Wran | Phillip Wearne (Lib) | Gillian Benn (Dem) |
| Bathurst | Country | Mark Worthington | Clive Osborne (CP) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | Gordon Barnier | Alfred Spiteri (Lib) | Colin Mannix (Dem) |
| Bligh | Liberal | Suzanne Ashmore-Smith | John Barraclough (Lib) | Susanna Dodgson (Dem) |
| Blue Mountains | Labor | Mick Clough | | Harold Coates (Ind) William Player (Dem) |
| Broken Hill | Labor | Lew Johnstone | John Betterman (CP) Peter Swan (Lib) | |
| Burrendong | Country | Reynold Toyer | Roger Wotton (CP) | |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Terry Sheahan | Craddock Adams (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | Phil O'Neill | John Jackett (Lib) | Stephen Kirkham (Dem) |
| Byron | Country | Thomas Hogan | Jack Boyd (CP) | Raymond Hunter (Mar) Marcia Ritchie (Dem) |
| Campbelltown | Labor | Cliff Mallam | William Sadler (Lib) | Mervyn Blinman (TAG) Judith Bradbury (Dem) John Hennessey (Ind Lab) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Marjorie Pennington (Lib) | |
| Casino | Labor | Don Day | William Marshall (CP) Colin Sullivan (CP) | Peter Den Exter (Ind) |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | John Browne (Lib) John Hickmott (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | Bob Brown | Terrence Nicholas (Lib) | |
| Charlestown | Labor | Richard Face | Richard Bevan (Lib) | |
| Clarence | Country | Danny Signor | Matt Singleton (CP) | John Kelly (Ind) |
| Coogee | Labor | Michael Cleary | David Kinsman (Lib) | Leslie Reiss (Dem) |
| Corrimal | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Peter Atkins (Lib) | Leslie Scott (Dem) |
| Cronulla | Liberal | Michael Egan | Dennis Porter (Lib) | |
| Davidson | Liberal | Christopher Lennon | Dick Healey (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Michael Maher | William Rowlings (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Roger Grealy | John Mason (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Labor | Ken Gabb | Alan Jones (Lib) | Charles Bingle (Ind) |
| East Hills | Labor | Pat Rogan | Nefra Clarke (Lib) | Paul Terrett (Dem) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | Jan Murray | Jim Clough (Lib) | Phillip Cockell (Dem) |
| Fairfield | Labor | Eric Bedford | Charles Rogers (Lib) | Frank Havlan (Dem) |
| Fuller | Liberal | Rodney Cavalier | Peter Coleman (Lib) | Shirley Berg (Dem) |
| Georges River | Labor | Frank Walker | John Lyon (Lib) | Montague Greene (Dem) |
| Gloucester | Country | Ronald Aiken | Leon Punch (CP) | Bruce MacKenzie (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | Arthur Litchfield | Tim Moore (Lib) | Ilse Robey (Dem) |
| Gosford | Labor | Brian McGowan | Andrew Fennell (Lib) | John Cleverly (Dem) Stanley Williams (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Country | Brian Lulham | Ron Brewer (CP) | Gregory Butler (Dem) |
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Florence Maio (Lib) | Ronald Harrison (Dem) Paul Petit (SWP) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Alwyn Lindfield | Kevin Rozzoli (Lib) | |
| Heathcote | Labor | Rex Jackson | Ron Phillips (Lib) | James Dredge (Dem) |
| Heffron | Labor | Laurie Brereton | George Balos (Lib) | |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Christopher Gorrick | Neil Pickard (Lib) | |
| Hurstville | Labor | Kevin Ryan | Ian Brown (Lib) | |
| Illawarra | Labor | George Petersen | Malcolm Yates (Lib) | William Speirs (Dem) |
| Kirribilli | Liberal | Glen Batchelor | Bruce McDonald (Lib) | |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Terrence Fraser (Lib) | |
| Ku-ring-gai | Liberal | Ian Cameron | John Maddison (Lib) | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Merv Hunter | Oliver Fennell (Lib) | Lyn Godfrey (Dem) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | Robin Graham (Lib) | Brenda Adams (Dem) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Elizabeth Bishop | John Dowd (Lib) | John Newman (Dem) |
| Lismore | Country | William Slade | Bruce Duncan (CP) | Shirley Ryan (Dem) |
| Liverpool | Labor | George Paciullo | John Books (Lib) | Raymond Benn (Dem) |
| Maitland | Liberal | Noel Unicomb | Milton Morris (Lib) | |
| Manly | Liberal | Alan Stewart | George Ashley (Lib) | Anthony Dorney (Ind) John McGruer (Dem) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bill Haigh | Kenneth Findlay (Lib) | Ronald Brewer (Dem) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Tom Cahill | Costa Lianos (Lib) | David Gibson (SPA) |
| Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | John Melouney (Lib) | Norma Wade (Dem) |
| Miranda | Liberal | Bill Robb | Tim Walker (Lib) | William Sibley (Dem) |
| Monaro | Labor | John Akister | John Ballesty (Lib) Thomas Barry (CP) | Graham Edwards (Ind) |
| Mosman | Liberal | Elizabeth Hood | David Arblaster (Lib) | |
| Mount Druitt | Labor | Tony Johnson | Thomas Rands (Lib) | Victoria Wootten (CPA) |
| Munmorah | Labor | Harry Jensen | Brian Taylor (Lib) | |
| Murray | Liberal | Robert Allen Brian Oates | Mary Meillon (Lib) | Gregory Graham (Ind) |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | Lin Gordon | Harold Bancroft (Lib) John Sullivan (CP) | Thomas Marriott (Ind) |
| Nepean | Liberal | Peter Anderson | Ron Rofe (Lib) | Ronald Edwards (Dem) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Arthur Wade | Elaine Samuels (Lib) | |
| Northcott | Liberal | Kristine Klugman | Jim Cameron (Lib) | Graham Blackman (Dem) |
| Orange | Country | Harold Gartrell | Garry West (CP) | |
| Oxley | Country | John Eastman | Bruce Cowan (CP) | |
| Parramatta | Labor | Barry Wilde | Roy McAuley (Lib) | Stephen Mason (Dem) |
| Peats | Labor | Keith O'Connell | Robert Hanington (Lib) | Ray Griffiths (Dem) Barry Phillips (Ind) |
| Penrith | Labor | Ron Mulock | Geoffrey Saunders (Lib) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Philip Daley (Lib) | Gordon Adler (SWP) Judy Mundey (CPA) |
| Pittwater | Liberal | Charles Wild | Max Smith (Lib) | Kerry Warr (Dem) John Webeck (Ind) |
| Raleigh | Country | Joseph Moran | Jim Brown (CP) | |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Joan Loew (Lib) | Edwin Bellchambers (Ind) |
| South Coast | Independent | | Peter Ryan (Lib) | John Hatton (Ind) |
| Sturt | Country | Michael Anthony | Tim Fischer (CP) | |
| Tamworth | Country | William Forrest | Noel Park (CP) | Noel Cassel (Ind) Peter McLoughlin (Dem) |
| Temora | Country | Alroy Provan | Jim Taylor (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | Jim Curran | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |
| The Hills | Liberal | Paul Gibson | Fred Caterson (Lib) | Robert Blackman (Dem) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Ronald Brumpton | Col Fisher (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | Barbara Fuller-Quinn | Rosemary Foot (Lib) | Norman Majer (Dem) |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Thomas Watson | Joe Schipp (Lib) | Anthony Robinson (Ind) |
| Wakehurst | Liberal | Tom Webster | Allan Viney (Lib) | |
| Wallsend | Labor | Ken Booth | Denise Martin (Lib) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Sam Jones | Beryl Humble (Lib) | Christopher Dodds (CPA) |
| Waverley | Labor | Syd Einfeld | Margaret Davis (Lib) | Christopher Allen (Ind) Moshe Levy (Ind Lib) Michael Smythe (Dem) |
| Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | Edward Roberts (Lib) | Peggy Cable (Dem) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | Nick Greiner (Lib) | Laurie McGinty (Ind Lib) Christine Townend (Dem) |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Bill Knott | Peter Reynolds (Lib) | Paul Stocker (Dem) Robert Wilson (Ind) |
| Wollongong | Labor | Eric Ramsay | Ronald Brooks (Lib) | Andrew Jamieson (SWP) Ross Sampson (Dem) |
| Woronora | Labor | Maurie Keane | Brian Hickey (Lib) | Robert Davis (Dem) |
| Yaralla | Liberal | Garry McIlwaine | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Christopher Dunkerley (Dem) |
| Young | Country | Timothy West | George Freudenstein (CP) | |

## 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 | Family Action candidates | Communist candidates | Marijuana candidates |
| Joe Thompson* Dorothy Isaksen* Barrie Unsworth* Marie Fisher* Clive Healey* Deirdre Grusovin* Jim Kaldis* Norm King* Peter Watkins* Ron Dyer | Virginia Chadwick* (Lib) Bob Rowland Smith* (CP) Frank Calabro* (Lib) Lloyd Lange* (Lib) Toby MacDiarmid* (CP) Peter Philips* (Lib) Greg Percival* (Lib) Jack Doohan* (CP) Diana Downie (Lib) Doug Moppett (CP) | Paul McLean Ronald Mallett Malcolm Hilbery Charles Boag Laurence Bourke James Boow Joan Kersey Bruce Irwin George Laron Anita Stiller | Frieda Brown Malcolm Garvin | Jack Mundey Melva Merletto Darrell Dawson | Peter Livesey James Billington |
| Group C candidates | Ungrouped candidates | | | | |
| Frank Oliveri Norman Young | Ross Green Brian Brady Frank Arkell Judith Courtney William Whitby Allen Hands Rudolph Dezelin | | | | |