# Candidates of the 1925 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates for the 1925 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 30 May 1925. The election was the last of three conducted under the system of proportional representation.

## Retiring Members
### Nationalist

* Arthur Cocks (North Shore)
* Arthur Grimm (Murrumbidgee)
* Thomas Ley (St George) — retired to contest Barton at the 1925 federal election
* Edward Loxton (Ryde)
* George Nesbitt (Byron)
* Charles Oakes (Eastern Suburbs)
* Reginald Weaver (North Shore)
* James Wilson (Western Suburbs)

### Progressive

* Thomas Rutledge (Goulburn)

### Others

* John Bailey (Independent, Goulburn) — had been expelled from the Labor Party

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful parties are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).
| Electorate | Sitting MPs | Labor candidates | Nationalist candidates | Progressive candidates | Other candidates |
| Balmain | 3 Labor 2 Nationalist | Kate Dwyer H. V. Evatt* Tom Keegan* John Quirk* Robert Stuart-Robertson* | Stanley Cole Gideon Gillespie Thomas Greentree Albert Lane* Robert Stopford | | James Johnston (PLP) Lionel Leece (CPA) Charles Mallett (Ind) Thomas Payne (CPA) |
| Bathurst | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | James Dooley* Gus Kelly* Hamilton Knight | James Beddie John Fitzpatrick* Charles Rosenthal | | |
| Botany | 4 Labor 1 Nationalist | Frank Burke* William Long William McKell* Thomas Mutch* Bill Ratcliffe* | David Alexander William Herford John Lee* James Sinclair Stephen Turner | | Walter Bateman (PLP) Henry Denford (CPA) Peter Gallagher (Ind Lab) Carl Liebau (MLP) Nellie Rickie (CPA) Arthur Strange-Mure (Ind) |
| Byron | 2 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Robert Gillies* Ernest Hollis-Neath Tom Swiney | Stanley Fayle Charles Munro Stephen Perdriau | Thomas Foyster William Missingham* Frederick Stuart* John Williams | |
| Cootamundra | 2 Labor 1 Progressive | Joseph Carney Ken Hoad* Peter Loughlin* | Angus Campbell William Pinkstone Ernest Todhunter | Ernest Field Hugh Main* Eric Treatt Benjamin Witenden | George Davey (PLP) |
| Cumberland | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | Walter Anderson Robert Bingham Florence Ewers James McGirr* | William FitzSimons* James Shand Bruce Walker Sr* | Reginald Harris Aaron Morris Arthur Upchurch | John Allaburton (Ind) Ernest Carr (Ind) |
| Eastern Suburbs | 1 Labor 3 Nationalist 1 Democratic | Septimus Alldis* Gordon Anderson William Crick Gertrude Melville Bob O'Halloran* | William Foster* Hyman Goldstein Harold Jaques* George Overhill Millicent Preston-Stanley* Joseph Robinson | | David Anderson (Ind) Cyril Fallon (Ind) James Gillespie (PLP) Frederick Marks (Ind) |
| Goulburn | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Clarence Steele Paddy Stokes* Jack Tully* | Henry Bate Percy Hollis John Perkins* | William Bluett William Hedges Adam Singer | Denis O'Leary (YAP) |
| Maitland | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | John Hynes William McClelland Walter O'Hearn* | Walter Bennett* William Cameron* Charles Nicholson | | George Batey (PLP) |
| Murray | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | George Bodkin Vern Goodin* William O'Brien | Richard Ball* Joseph Niesigh | Charles Coghlan Matthew Kilpatrick* Olave Olsen | |
| Murrumbigdee | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Martin Flannery* James Lyons William Nulty | Edmund Best* Duncan Cameron Reginald Westmore | Ernest Buttenshaw* Alexander McArthur | Mary McCracken (Ind) |
| Namoi | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | Michael Hagan James Hawkins William Scully* | Frank Chaffey* Walter Wearne* | Aubrey Abbott James Laird Lachlan McLachlan | Robert Levien (Ind) |
| Newcastle | 3 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Independent | Jack Baddeley* George Booth* Hugh Connell* David Davies David Murray* | Magnus Cromarty Oliver Denny John Fegan David Murray Charles Watt | | Arthur Gardiner (Ind) James Hestelow (PLP) Robert Mitchell (Ind) James Pendlebury (PLP) Walter Skelton* (PLP) |
| North Shore | 1 Labor 3 Nationalist 1 Independent | Bertrand Childs Oliver Kelly Cecil Murphy* Samuel Sloane Arthur Tonge | Richard Arthur* Ernest Marks Alfred Reid* Ernest Salmon William Wood | | William Fell* (Ind Nat) Alick Kay* (Ind) Harry Meatheringham (Ind) Alfred Waterhouse (Ind) Mary Williams (Ind) |
| Northern Tableland | 1 Labor 2 Progressive | William McArdle Alfred McClelland* Dennis Shanahan | | Michael Bruxner* David Drummond* Daniel Lewis | |
| Oxley | 1 Labor 1 Nationalist 1 Progressive | Joseph Fitzgerald* James Goudie William Terry | John Cameron Theodore Hill* William Robinson | Ray Fitzgerald William Flannery Henry Morton Roy Vincent* | |
| Parramatta | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | Bill Ely* Jack Lang* Edwin Wrench | Albert Bruntnell* George Folkard Thomas Morrow | | William Chalson (PLP) Albert Jones (Ind) Cecil Robinson (MLP) Francis Silverstone (Ind) |
| Ryde | 1 Labor 4 Nationalist | James Concannon Robert Greig* Edward Lamont William McCristal Stan Taylor | David Anderson* Thomas Bavin* Sir Thomas Henley* Edward Sanders* Herbert Small | Lindsay Thompson Crawford Vaughan | Cecil Brierley (Ind Nat) James Chamberlain (PLP) William Featherstone (PLP) John Pattison (Ind) |
| St George | 2 Labor 3 Nationalist | George Burns Joseph Cahill* George Cann* Mark Gosling* Ernest Sheiles | Guy Arkins* William Bagnall Thomas Casserly Francis Farrar Thomas Ley* Cecil Monro Reginald Reid | | Walter Anderson (PLP) John Cooper (Ind) Alfred Dicker (Ind) James Dunlop (PLP) William Goulden (PLP) Roy Hindwood (PLP) Arthur Jones (PLP) Ernest Lambourne (Ind) |
| Sturt | 2 Labor 1 Nationalist | Mat Davidson* Thomas Griffiths Ted Horsington* | Brian Doe* Francis Harvey William Shoobridge | | Charles Dooley (Ind) |
| Sydney | 3 Labor 2 Nationalist | John Birt* Michael Burke* William Holdsworth* Francis McGuinness Patrick Minahan | Albert Higgs Joseph Jackson* Reuben Kefford Daniel Levy* Gordon Stead | | Robert Bates (Ind) Alphonsus Canon (YAP) Pat Drew (CPA) Charles Foster (Ind) Jock Garden (CPA) James Jones (Ind) Greg McGirr (YAP) Leslie Milgate (YAP) Edwin Miller (Ind) Charles Mortimer (YAP) Laurence Raw (PLP) |
| Wammerawa | 1 Labor 1 Progressive 1 Independent | Joseph Clark* Bill Dunn* John Ritchie | Harold Blackett Henry Buttsworth John Macdonald | Samuel Armstrong Harold Thorby* Alfred Yeo |
| Western Suburbs | 2 Labor 3 Nationalist | Carlo Lazzarini* Edward McTiernan* Barney Olde Roger Ryan James Troy | Tom Hoskins* Milton Jarvie* Henry Morton John Ness* William Simpson | | Frederick Armstrong (PLP) John Cain (MLP) Alexander Huie (Ind) Alfred Millington (PLP) |
| Wollondilly | 1 Labor 2 Nationalist | Billy Davies* Andrew Lysaght* Patrick Malloy | Sir George Fuller* Mark Morton Alexander South | William Howarth | Samuel Emmett (Ind Nat) Edward Newton (Ind) |