# Candidates of the 1956 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1956 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 March 1956.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Robert Cameron (Waratah)
* Daniel Clyne (King)
* Edgar Dring (Auburn) died in December 1955; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.
* Arthur Williams (East Hills)

### Liberal

* Walter Howarth (Maitland)
* Joseph Jackson (Nepean)

## 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) | |
| Armidale | Labor | Jim Cahill | Davis Hughes (CP) | |
| Ashfield | Liberal | James Brady | Richard Murden (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Thomas Ryan | John Steel (Lib) | Chris Lang (LL) Edward Spensley (Ind) |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Elton Lewis (Lib) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | Reginald Allsop (Lib) | Roy Boyd (CPA) |
| Barwon | Country | Gerard McInerney | Geoff Crawford (CP) | |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Jack Toole (Lib) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | John Freeman | Graham Cullis (Lib) | |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Daniel Sutherland (Lib) | |
| Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Bill McDougall (CPA) |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Allan Johnson (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | | Leslie Parr (Lib) | |
| Byron | Country | | Stanley Stephens (CP) | Archibald Johnston (Ind) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | Cecil Ford (Lib) | |
| Casino | Country | | Ian Robinson (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Norman Brown (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | John Crook | Harold Hawkes (Lib) | David Stevenson (CPA) |
| Clarence | Country | | Garth Munro (CP) Bill Weiley (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell | | |
| Collaroy | Liberal | | Robert Askin (Lib) | Gordon Jones (Ind) Elfrida Morcom (CPA) |
| Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Leslie Greenfield (CPA) |
| Coogee | Labor | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Tasman Crocker (Ind) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | James Skehan (Lib) | William Kendrick (Ind) Edward Rowe (CPA) |
| Croydon | Liberal | Frank Zions | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Roy Jackson | Walter Lawrence (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Neville Magin (Lib) Keith Sullivan (CP) | |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Lionel Corner (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Liberal | David Connors | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Harold Stalker (Lib) | Douglas Marshall (Ind) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | |
| Fairfield | Labor | Clarrie Earl | Guy Holmes (Lib) | Edwin Lipscombe (CPA) |
| George's River | Labor | Frank O'Neill | Douglas Cross (Lib) | Paul Mortier (CPA) |
| Gloucester | Country | Thomas Breen | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) | |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Stewart Fraser (Lib) | |
| Gosford | Liberal | Rupert Wallace | Harold Jackson (Lib) | Alan Brackenreg (CPA) Roy Jackson (Ind) Leslie Moffat (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | Ray Bladwell (Lib) | |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | Bob Mutton (Lib) | Rupert Lockwood (CPA) |
| Hamilton | Labor | George Campbell | Horace Smith (Lib) | |
| Hartley | Ind Labor | Jim Robson | | William Black (Ind Lab) Leslie Cant (Ind) John King (CPA) Neville Weekes (Ind) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | John Grinham | Bernie Deane (Lib) | |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Francis O'Connell | Sydney Storey (Lib) | |
| Hurstville | Labor | Clive Evatt | Hedley Mallard (Lib) | Edward Merryfull (Ind) |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | Adrian O'Donnell (Lib) | David Bowen (CPA) |
| Kahibah | Independent | Robert McCartney | Joseph Richley (Lib) | Tom Armstrong (Ind Lab) |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Roberta Galagher (Lib) | Michael Callinan (LL) Ron Maxwell (CPA) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Horace Harper (Lib) | |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | Stanley Mettam (Lib) | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | Edward Farrell (Lib) | William Quinn (CPA) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | John Whelan (Lib) | James Staples (CPA) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Geoffrey O'Donnell | Ken McCaw (Lib) | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Reg Coady | Barney Morton (Lib) | |
| Lismore | Country | Archibald McEwan | Jack Easter (CP) | Constance Wilson (Ind) |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | | |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Henry Gregson (Lib) Geoffrey Thomas (CP) | John Pender (Ind) |
| Maitland | Liberal | Cecil Robinson | Milton Morris (Lib) | Ted Fletcher (Ind) Henry Ivins (Ind) Leonard Neville (Ind Lib) |
| Manly | Liberal | John Wilson | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | Wallace Peacock (Lib) | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Ian Chisholm (Lib) | William McCristal (RP) Adam Ogston (CPA) |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | Ernest Smith (Lib) Frederick Von Nida (CP) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | Malcolm Stuart-Robertson | Pat Morton (Lib) | |
| Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Eric Hennessy (Lib) Kenneth Masters (CP) | |
| Murray | Country | Willie Peters | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Michael Cudmore (CP) | |
| Nepean | Liberal | Alfred Bennett | Bill Chapman (Lib) | Jim Chalmers (Ind Lab) Mel McCalman (CPA) |
| Neutral Bay | Liberal | Donald Gray | Ivan Black (Lib) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | Iris Hyde (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Labor | Ray Maher | Peter Murphy (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) |
| Orange | Country | Louie Cassey | Charles Cutler (CP) | Cecil Connors (CPA) |
| Oxley | Country | William Kennewell | Les Jordan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | Rodney Craigie (Lib) | Bill Brown (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Kevin Morgan | Jim Clough (Lib) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | | Francis Mohan (LL) Robert Webster (CPA) |
| Raleigh | Country | | Radford Gamack (CP) | |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Charles De Monchaux (Lib) | Kenneth O'Hara (CPA) |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | | Arthur Shipton (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | John McGrath | Harold Heslehurst (Lib) | |
| Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Francis Collings (Lib) | |
| South Coast | Liberal | Allan Beaton | Jack Beale (Lib) | |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | | William Flynn (CPA) John Fox (Ind) |
| Sutherland | Labor | Tom Dalton | Ian Griffith (Lib) | |
| Tamworth | Country | Arthur Foran | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | Hector Skidmore | Doug Dickson (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | | Michael Bruxner (CP) | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Albert Khan | D'Arcy Rose (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | | Murray Robson (Lib) | Alfred Elboz (Ind) |
| Wagga Wagga | Labor | Eddie Graham | Wal Fife (Lib) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Harry Sheedy | | Frank Purdue (Ind) |
| Waratah | Labor | Harry Sheedy | | Harry Edwards (Ind) Thomas Graham (CPA) |
| Waverley | Labor | William Ferguson | John Steinwede (Lib) | Eddie Maher (CPA) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Anthony Coates | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Ernest Seager | Blake Pelly (Lib) | |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Robert Albert (Lib) | George Parker (Ind) |
| Woollahra | Liberal | | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | George Mason (Ind) |
| Young | Labor | Fred Cahill | George Freudenstein (CP) Raymond Oliver (Lib) | |