# Candidates of the 1976 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates for the 1976 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 1 May 1976.

## Retiring Members

Note: Steve Mauger MLA (Liberal, Monaro) resigned some months prior to the election; a by-election was scheduled for the seat, but was cancelled when the general election was called.

### Labor

* Dan Mahoney MLA (Parramatta)

### Liberal

* David Hunter MLA (Ashfield)

### Country

* Geoff Crawford MLA (Barwon)

## 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 | Kevin Elser | Gordon Mackie (Lib) | |
| Armidale | Country | Hubert Legge | David Leitch (CP) | |
| Ashfield | Liberal | Paul Whelan | Alwyn Innes (Lib) | Clifford Bros (AP) Warren Wilson (Ind) |
| Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | Stephen Sim (Lib) | |
| Balmain | Labor | Roger Degen | Jeffrey Thompson (Lib) | Peter Cockcroft (CPA) Donald Henderson (Ind) Juanita Keig (SWP) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | John Ghent (Lib) | |
| Barwon | Country | Marshall Duncan | Wal Murray (CP) | |
| Bass Hill | Labor | Neville Wran | Terence Shanahan (Lib) | |
| Bathurst | Country | Mark Worthington | Clive Osborne (CP) | Peter Foster (Ind) |
| Blacktown | Labor | Gordon Barnier | John Lyon (Lib) | Raymond Ferguson (Ind) |
| Bligh | Liberal | Mairi Petersen | John Barraclough (Lib) | John Curvers (WP) Graeme Donkin (Ind) Alexander Nash (Ind) |
| Blue Mountains | Independent | Mick Clough | | Harold Coates (Ind) |
| Broken Hill | Labor | Lew Johnstone | | |
| Burrendong | Country | Reynold Toyer | Roger Wotton (CP) | |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Terry Sheahan | Thomas Glover (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | Peter Woods | John Jackett (Lib) | John Coles (WP) |
| Byron | Country | Keith Enderbury | Jack Boyd (CP) | |
| Campbelltown | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Robert Barton (Lib) | |
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Marjorie Pennington (Lib) | |
| Casino | Labor | Don Day | Leslie Isaac (CP) Donald McRae (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | John Browne (Lib) Albert Green (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | Suzan Ross-Gowan (Lib) | |
| Charlestown | Labor | Richard Face | Thomas Ford (Lib) | |
| Clarence | Country | Colin Clague | Matt Singleton (CP) | |
| Coogee | Labor | Michael Cleary | Phillip Billings (Lib) | |
| Corrimal | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Peter Atkins (Lib) | |
| Cronulla | Liberal | Michael Egan | Ian Griffith (Lib) | Ian Scott (WP) |
| Davidson | Liberal | Raymond Graham | Dick Healey (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Michael Maher | James Reid (Lib) | Hugh Frazer (WP) |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Damian Hession | John Mason (Lib) | Gerry Peacocke (Ind) |
| Earlwood | Liberal | Ken Gabb | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | Labor | Pat Rogan | George Edgell (Lib) | |
| Eastwood | Liberal | Robert Cummins | Jim Clough (Lib) | |
| Fairfield | Labor | Eric Bedford | Charles Rogers (Lib) | |
| Fuller | Liberal | Rodney Cavalier | Peter Coleman (Lib) | Christopher Dunkerley (AP) |
| Georges River | Labor | Frank Walker | Maxwell Gibson (Lib) | |
| Gloucester | Country | Johannes Winkelman | Leon Punch (CP) | Jack Collins (Ind) |
| Gordon | DLP | Margaret Atkin | Tim Moore (Lib) | Christopher Brown (WP) John Harris (Ind) Kevin Harrold (DLP) |
| Gosford | Liberal | Brian McGowan | Malcolm Brooks (Lib) | Barry Phillips (AP) |
| Goulburn | Country | Brian Lulham | Ron Brewer (CP) | |
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Frank Babic (Lib) | |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Alwyn Lindfield | Kevin Rozzoli (Lib) | |
| Heathcote | Labor | Rex Jackson | Ron Phillips (Lib) | |
| Heffron | Labor | Laurie Brereton | George Balos (Lib) | John Holt (Ind) Crena Morrison (Ind) |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Hans Eisler | Neil Pickard (Lib) | |
| Hurstville | Liberal | Kevin Ryan | Tom Mead (Lib) | Bernhard Fiegel (AP) |
| Illawarra | Labor | George Petersen | | Henry Schipp (Ind) Margaret Wright (WP) |
| Kirribilli | Liberal | Patrick Healy | Bruce McDonald (Lib) | Romualds Kemps (Ind) David Rennie (WP) John Waddy (Ind) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Terrence Fraser (Lib) | Robert Schollbach (WP) |
| Ku-ring-gai | Liberal | Ian Cameron | John Maddison (Lib) | David Griffiths (WP) |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Merv Hunter | Oliver Fennell (Lib) | |
| Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | Robin Graham (Lib) | Donald Carruthers (Ind) Timothy Dein (AP) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Alan Lees | John Dowd (Lib) | Elizabeth Poppleton (AP) |
| Lismore | Country | | Bruce Duncan (CP) | |
| Liverpool | Labor | George Paciullo | Rex Harris (Lib) | |
| Maitland | Liberal | Kerry Ryan | Milton Morris (Lib) | |
| Manly | Liberal | Marc Gumbert | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bill Haigh | Lindsay Rutherford (Lib) | Marie Morris (AP) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Tom Cahill | Costa Lianos (Lib) | Geoffrey Payne (SWP) |
| Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Rodney Lewis (Lib) | |
| Miranda | Liberal | Bill Robb | Tim Walker (Lib) | |
| Monaro | Liberal | John Akister | Thomas Barry (CP) Valerie Marland (Lib) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | John Cahill | David Arblaster (Lib) | John Alexander (AP) |
| Mount Druitt | Labor | Tony Johnson | James McCrudden (Lib) | |
| Munmorah | Labor | Harry Jensen | William Jackson (Lib) | |
| Murray | Liberal | Ross Boyd | Mary Meillon (Lib) | Ian Fleming (Ind) Gregory Graham (Ind) |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | Lin Gordon | John Knight (CP) Donald Mackay (Lib) Bernardino Zappacosta (CP) | |
| Nepean | Liberal | Peter Anderson | Ron Rofe (Lib) | Raymond Bell (Ind) John Henshaw (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Arthur Wade | Arthur Thomas (Lib) | |
| Northcott | Liberal | Sabine Willis | Jim Cameron (Lib) | |
| Orange | Country | Maxwell Dunn | Garry West (CP) | |
| Oxley | Country | Peter Tullgren | Bruce Cowan (CP) | |
| Parramatta | Labor | Barry Wilde | James Brown (Lib) | Barrie Sharpe (WP) |
| Peats | Labor | Keith O'Connell | Peter Walsh (Lib) | |
| Penrith | Labor | Ron Mulock | Eileen Cammack (Lib) | Roy Allsopp (Ind) |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Peter Starr (Lib) | Judy Mundey (CPA) Deborah Shnookal (SWP) |
| Pittwater | Liberal | Charles Wild | Bruce Webster (Lib) | John Booth (WP) Peter Middlebrook (Ind) |
| Raleigh | Country | Joseph Moran | Jim Brown (CP) | |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Raymond Scaysbrook (Lib) | |
| South Coast | Independent | | Irwin Heaton (Lib) | Noel Dennett (WP) John Hatton* (Ind) |
| Sturt | Country | Cuthbert Richardson | Tim Fischer (CP) | |
| Tamworth | Country | Noel Cassel | Noel Park (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | Alroy Provan | Jim Taylor (CP) | Wesley Berryman (Ind) |
| Tenterfield | Country | Joseph Hughes | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |
| The Hills | Liberal | Paul Gibson | Max Ruddock (Lib) | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Michael Reddy | Col Fisher (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | Barbara Fuller-Quinn | Keith Doyle (Lib) | |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Richard Gorman | Joe Schipp (Lib) | |
| Wakehurst | Liberal | Noel Berrell | Allan Viney (Lib) | |
| Wallsend | Labor | Ken Booth | Stephen Walker (Lib) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Sam Jones | Richard Bevan (Lib) | |
| Waverley | Labor | Syd Einfeld | Geoffrey Mort (Lib) | |
| Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | John Griffiths (Lib) | Heather Gow (Ind) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | Laurie McGinty (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Bill Knott | Tom Lewis (Lib) | William Tangye (Ind) Victor Thomas (WP) |
| Wollongong | Labor | Eric Ramsay | Ian Brown (Lib) | |
| Woronora | Labor | Maurie Keane | Ronald Ricketts (Lib) | |
| Yaralla | Liberal | Derek Margerison | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | |
| Young | Country | Timothy West | George Freudenstein (CP) | |