# Candidates of the 1962 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1962 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 March 1962.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Keith Anderson (Paddington-Waverley) — lost preselection for Bligh.
* William Gollan (Randwick)
* Bill Lamb (Granville) — lost preselection.
* Spence Powell (Bankstown)
* Arthur Tonge (Canterbury) — lost preselection.

### Liberal

* Ivan Black (Neutral Bay)

### Country

* Sir Michael Bruxner (Tenterfield)
* Ray Fitzgerald (Gloucester)

## 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) | Robert Garland (Ind) Leo Keane (DLP) |
| Armidale | Country | Mark Shanahan | Davis Hughes (CP) | |
| Ashfield-Croydon | Liberal | Brian Hannelly | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Thomas Ryan | Robert Leech (Lib) | |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Winston Pickering (Lib) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | David Cowan (Lib) | Allan Cooper (CPA) |
| Barwon | Country | Cecil Newton | Geoff Crawford (CP) | |
| Bass Hill | notional Labor | Clarrie Earl | William Pardy (Lib) | Isaac Denley (Ind) |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Campbell Alexander (Lib) | |
| Blacktown | notional Labor  |Jim Southee | Ross Shuttleworth (Lib) | |
| Bligh | notional Liberal | Tom Morey | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | James Markham (DLP) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Carl Jeppesen (Lib) | |
| Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Sara Bowen (CPA) |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | David Asimus (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | Doug Sutherland | Ben Doig (Lib) | |
| Byron | Country | James Constable | Stanley Stephens (CP) | |
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Donald Arthur (Lib) | |
| Casino | Country | Douglas Cassidy | Ian Robinson (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Calverley Brown (CP) William Waterford (Lib) | Violet Amor (DLP) |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | Edward Farrell (Lib) | Robert Brown (Ind) Stanley Smith (CPA) |
| Clarence | Country | William Bailey | Bill Weiley (CP) | Garth Munro (Ind) |
| Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell | | |
| Collaroy | Liberal | Peter Hopkins | Robert Askin (Lib) | Stan Deacon (CPA) |
| Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | John Winters (DLP) |
| Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Peter Daly (DLP) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Tom Cahill | Sidney Pitkethly (Lib) | |
| Cronulla | Liberal | Francis Russell | Ian Griffith (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Reg Coady | Walter Lawrence (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Martin Berry | Les Ford (Lib) | Clarrie Robertson (Ind) |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | William Bellenger (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Liberal | William Thompson | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Keith Batten (Lib) | |
| Eastwood | Liberal | Robert Mayhew | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | |
| Fairfield | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Frederick Jackson (Lib) | |
| Georges River | Liberal | Albert Kealman | Douglas Cross (Lib) | Fitzgerald Mulholland (Ind) |
| Gloucester | Country | Loris Kable | Leon Punch (CP) | Aubrey Barr (DLP) |
| Gloucester | Country | Loris Kable | Alan Borthwick (CP) | Aubrey Barr (DLP) |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Harry Jago (Lib) | Phyllis Atkins (Ind) Dominique Droulers (DLP) Stewart Fraser (Ind Lib) George Nicol (Ind) |
| Gosford | Liberal | Kevin Dwyer | Harold Jackson (Lib) | |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | George Ashley (Lib) | Reginald Andrews (DLP) |
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Ernest Lough (Lib) | John Bridgefoot (CPA) Albert Olsen (Ind) |
| Hamilton | Labor | Robert McCartney | Alwyn Watkins (Lib) | Robert Burke (DLP) |
| Hartley | Labor | Jim Robson | | Peter Carroll (CPA) Harold Coates (Ind) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Lawrence Kaufmann | Bernie Deane (Lib) | Donald McKay (Ind) |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Percy Staines | John Maddison (Lib) | Sydney Storey (Ind Lib) Robert Turner (Ind) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Bill Rigby | Richard Hawkins (Lib) | Thomas Brosnan (DLP) Thomas Dalton (Ind) |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | John Weickhardt (Lib) | Milton Clunne (CPA) |
| Kahibah | Labor | Jack Stewart | | Wallace MacDonald (Ind) |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Norah O'Kelly (Lib) | William Doherty (DLP) Alf Watt (CPA) |
| Kirribilli | notional Liberal | Joseph Hazell | John Waddy (Lib) | Sydney Mostyn (DLP) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | John Partridge (Lib) | |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | Ken Booth | | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | Reuben Hull (Lib) | |
| Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | Russell Carter (Lib) | Stanley Rust (CPA) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | | Ken McCaw (Lib) | |
| Lismore | Labor | Keith Compton | William Blair (CP) | John Antill (DLP) |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | John Bridge (Lib) | Kevin Davis (DLP) |
| Maitland | Liberal | George Lyons | Milton Morris (Lib) | |
| Manly | Liberal | | Harry Boyle (Lib) | Douglas Darby (Ind Lib) |
| Manly | Liberal | | Harry Boyle (Lib) | John Gillmer (Ind) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | Alexander Alexander (Lib) | Leslie Bond (Ind) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Bruce Fry (Lib) | William McCristal (Ind) |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | Jack McArthur (Lib) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | | Pat Morton (Lib) | Reginald Lawson (DLP) |
| Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Albert Cox (Lib) Edward Punch (CP) | Edward Byrnes (DLP) |
| Murray | Country | John Hayes | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Sidney Braithwaite (Lib) Alfred Tiffen (CP) | Stanley Axtill (DLP) |
| Nepean | Labor | Alfred Bennett | Bill Chapman (Lib) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | Kevin Doyle (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
| Orange | Country | Allan Reed | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
| Oxley | Liberal | Joseph Andrews | Les Jordan (Lib) | William Kennewell (Ind) |
| Oxley | Liberal | Joseph Andrews | Bruce Cowan (CP) | William Kennewell (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | Marion Hearnshaw (Lib) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Jean Wood (Lib) | Joy Williams (CPA) |
| Raleigh | Country | Trevor Owens | Jim Brown (CP) | |
| Randwick | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Adrian Molloy (Lib) | Charles De Monchaux (DLP) |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Peter Kamperogianis (Lib) | Harry Hatfield (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Sidney Alewood (Lib) | Brian Adams (DLP) |
| Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Edward Hall (Lib) | |
| South Coast | Liberal | John Edward Seiffert | Jack Beale (Lib) | Charles Shirley (Ind Lib) |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | Edward Brown (CP) | |
| Sutherland | Labor | Tom Dalton | Noel Walker (Lib) | Keith Bates (Ind) John Mantova (Ind) Malcolm Towner (DLP) |
| Tamworth | Country | Norman Turner | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | Lyle Hoad | Jim Taylor (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | Eric Potter | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |
| The Hills | notional Liberal | | Max Ruddock (Lib) | Alfred Dennis (Ind Lib) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Geoffrey Heuston | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | | Geoffrey Cox (Lib) | Valerie Olsen (DLP) |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Leonard Brown | Wal Fife (Lib) | Anthony Abbey (DLP) |
| Wakehurst | notional Liberal | John Fisher | Dick Healey (Lib) | Philip Cohen (DLP) Beverley Job (Ind) Edgar Wilson (Ind) |
| Waratah | Independent | Edward Greaves | | Frank Purdue (Ind) |
| Wentworthville | notional Labor | Ernie Quinn | Graham Cullis (Lib) | Montague Bennett (Ind) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Jack Wharton | Tom Lewis (Lib) | |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Jack Hough (Lib) | |
| Wyong | notional Labor | Ray Maher | Kenneth Charters (Lib) | Hugh Ansell (DLP) Harold Turnbull (Ind) |
| Young | Country | Peter Kelly | George Freudenstein (CP) | Ronald Silk (DLP) |