# Candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 21 March 1959.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Fred Cahill (Young)
* George Campbell (Hamilton)
* John Crook (Cessnock)
* John Freeman (Blacktown)
* John McGrath (Rockdale)
* Maurice O'Sullivan (Paddington)

### Liberal

* Jim Clough (Parramatta)

### Country

* D'Arcy Rose (Upper Hunter)

## 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 | Reginald Garland | Doug Padman (Lib) | Lawrence Esler (DLP) |
| Armidale | Country | Percy Love | Davis Hughes (CP) | Richard Stanley (DLP) |
| Ashfield-Croydon | notional Liberal | John McCartney | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Ashfield-Croydon | notional Liberal | John McCartney | Richard Murden (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Thomas Ryan | John Steel (Lib) | |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Sabina Greenman (Lib) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | Frederick Howe (Lib) | Jack Hughes (CPA) Charles Reid (Ind) |
| Barwon | Country | Thomas Burt | Geoff Crawford (CP) | |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Campbell Alexander (Lib) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | Jim Southee | Alfred Dennis (Lib) | Frank Finlayson (Ind) Francis Moffitt (DLP) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Carl Jeppesen (Lib) | Charles Massey (DLP) |
| Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Frederick Watson (CPA) |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Allan Johnson (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | John Cunningham | Ben Doig (Lib) | |
| Byron | Country | | Stanley Stephens (CP) | |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | William Dowd (Lib) | |
| Casino | Country | | Ian Robinson (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Calverley Brown (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | | Charles Haxton (Ind) David Stevenson (CPA) |
| Clarence | Country | | Bill Weiley (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell | | |
| Collaroy | Liberal | Erwin Eder | Robert Askin (Lib) | |
| Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Jack Kane (DLP) |
| Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Allan Carter (DLP) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | Athol McCoy (Lib) | Charles Higbid (Ind) |
| Cronulla | notional Liberal | George Neilson | Ian Griffith (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Liberal | Roy Jackson | Walter Lawrence (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Les Ford (Lib) | Brian Adams (DLP) |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Roderick Mack (CP) | Brian Adams (DLP) |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Joseph Hollis (Lib) | Owen Cahill (DLP) |
| Earlwood | Liberal | John Buckeridge | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Allan Young (Lib) | John Bennett (Ind) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | William Browne | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | |
| Fairfield | Labor | Clarrie Earl | David Fairs (Lib) | Edwin Lipscombe (CPA) |
| Georges River | Liberal | Albert Kealman | Douglas Cross | Kevin Davis (DLP) Fitzgerald Mulholland (Ind) |
| Gloucester | Country | | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) | Alan Borthwick (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Stewart Fraser (Lib) | |
| Gosford | Liberal | Reginald Smith | Harold Jackson (Lib) | |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | William Bladwell (Lib) | Charles O'Brien (DLP) |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | Robert Leech (Lib) | Harold Ewer (CPA) |
| Hamilton | Labor | Robert McCartney | Brian O'Loughlin (Lib) | John Daley (DLP) |
| Hartley | Labor | Jim Robson | | Peter Carroll (CPA) |
| Hawkesbury | Labor | Kevin Dwyer | Bernie Deane (Lib) | |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Arthur Evans | Sydney Storey (Lib) | |
| Hurstville | Labor | Bill Rigby | Hedley Mallard (Lib) | Clive Evatt (Ind Lab) Edward Merryfull (Ind) |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | | David Bowen (CPA) James Casey (Ind) |
| Kahibah | Labor | Jack Stewart | Eric Cupit (Lib) | |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Adrian Cook (Lib) | Ron Maxwell (CPA) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Jeffrey Skehan (Lib) | Thomas Brosnan (DLP) Jack McPhillips (CPA) |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | | Charles Dumbrell (CPA) |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | | John Tapp (CPA) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | Dora Skelsey (Lib) | |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Arthur Braddock | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Mary Gray (DLP) |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Reg Coady | Barney Morton (Lib) | |
| Lismore | Country | | Jack Easter (CP) | Clyde Campbell (Ind) |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | John Pender (Ind) |
| Maitland | Liberal | William Harvey | Milton Morris (Lib) | Douglas Drinkwater (DLP) Henry Ivins (Ind) |
| Manly | Liberal | Geoffrey Mill | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | George Anthony (Lib) | Jim Baird (CPA) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Michael Lazar (Lib) | |
| Merrylands | notional Labor | Jack Ferguson | Graham Cullis (Lib) | |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | Mark Flanagan (Lib) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | | Pat Morton (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) |
| Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Norman Griffith (CP) Jack Ives (Lib) | Donald Bennett (DLP) |
| Murray | Country | John Hayes | Joe Lawson (CP) |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Verdon Letheren (CP) | Sidney Braithwaite (Ind) Francis O'Connell (DLP) |
| Nepean | Liberal | John Carvan | Bill Chapman (Lib) | Mel McCalman (CPA) |
| Neutral Bay | Liberal | | Ivan Black (Lib) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | William Hutchinson (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Labor | Ray Maher | Russell Newton (Lib) | Francis Ferry (Ind) Michael Fitzpatrick (DLP) |
| Orange | Country | Lloyd Stapleton | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
| Oxley | Country | | Les Jordan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) Duncan Kennedy (Ind) |
| Paddington-Waverley | notional Labor | William Ferguson | Jack Cole (Lib) | Cyril Hutchings (Ind) Bernard Rosen (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | William Pickard (Lib) | Carlyle Dalgleish (DLP) |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Warwick Dunkley (Lib) | Ernie Thornton (CPA) |
| Raleigh | Country | William Bailey | Jim Brown (CP) | Radford Gamack (Ind CP) |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Graham Price (Lib) | Cecil Russell (DLP) |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Mary Beckett (Lib) | Arthur Shipton (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Ronald Hislop | Arthur Henderson (Ind) Wesley Johns (DLP) |
| Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Ian Millar (Lib) | Francis Bull (DLP) |
| South Coast | Liberal | | Jack Beale (Lib) | Douglas Glass (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | Edward Brown (CP) | Edward Craill (CPA) George Mailath (DLP) |
| Sutherland | Liberal | Tom Dalton | Keith Bates (Lib) | Alexander Elphinston (CPA) Peter Keogh (DLP) |
| Tamworth | Country | | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | | Doug Dickson (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | Herbert Pottie | Michael Bruxner (CP) | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Geoffrey Heuston | Leon Punch (CP) | George Adams (Ind) John Moore (Ind) |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | | Geoffrey Cox (Lib) | |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Dudley Graham | Wal Fife (Lib) | Robert Harris (DLP) |
| Waratah | Independent | Edward Greaves | | Frank Purdue (Ind) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Ernest Seager | Tom Lewis (Lib) | |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Jack Hough (Lib) | |
| Woollahra | Liberal | | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | |
| Young | Labor | Ernest McDermott | George Freudenstein (CP) | John Hogan (DLP) |
| Young | Labor | Ernest McDermott | Raymond Oliver (Lib) | John Hogan (DLP) |