# Candidates of the 1968 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1968 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 24 February 1968.

## Retiring Members

Note: The Liberal MLA for Bligh, Morton Cohen, died shortly before the election. No by-election was held.

### Labor

* Howard Fowles MLA (Illawarra)
* Fred Green MLA (Redfern)
* Frank Hawkins MLA (Newcastle)
* Bob Heffron MLA (Botany)
* Leo Nott MLA (Mudgee)
* Cliff Mallam MLA (Dulwich Hill)
* John McMahon MLA (Balmain)
* William Wattison MLA (Sturt)

### Liberal

* George Brain MLA (Willoughby)

### Country

* Richmond Manyweathers MLA (Casino)

## 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 | Douglas McFarlane | Gordon Mackie (Lib) | Anthony Quinn (DLP) |
| Armidale | Country | Joseph Dawson | Davis Hughes (CP) | |
| Ashfield | Liberal | Charles Maddocks | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | Gregory Ricardo (Lib) | |
| Balmain | Labor | Roger Degen | Peter Middleton (Lib) | Nick Origlass (Ind) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | John Ghent (Lib) | |
| Barwon | Country | Cecil Newton | Geoff Crawford (CP) | David Aiken (NSM) |
| Bass Hill | Labor | Clarrie Earl | Neil Davis (Lib) | |
| Bathurst | Country | Ken Fry | Clive Osborne (CP) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | Jim Southee | Ralph Stewart (Lib) | Kenneth Brown (DLP) |
| Bligh | Liberal | Thomas Morey | John Barraclough (Lib) | Henry Bader (DLP) Peter Clyne (Ind) |
| Blue Mountains | Independent | James Robson | | Harold Coates* (Ind) David Westgate (DLP) |
| Bondi | Labor | Syd Einfeld | James Markham (Lib) | |
| Broken Hill | Labor | Lew Johnstone | Edward Brown (Lib) | |
| Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Ronald White (Lib) | |
| Burrendong | Country | Paul Khoury | Dick Evans (Lib) Roger Wotton* (CP) | |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Douglas Boag (CP) Leon Garry (Lib) | Anthony Abbey (DLP) |
| Burwood | Liberal | Antony Kelly | John Jackett (Lib) | Ben Doig (Ind) |
| Byron | Country | James Constable | Stanley Stephens (CP) | |
| Campbelltown | Liberal | Francis Ward | Max Dunbier (Lib) | |
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Stanley Squire (Lib) | Jack Mundey (CPA) |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Allan Connell (Lib) Doug Moppett (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | | Robert Brown (Ind) |
| Clarence | Country | | Bill Weiley (CP) | Garry Nehl (NSM) |
| Collaroy | Liberal | David Lawler | Robert Askin (Lib) | |
| Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | John Cunningham (DLP) Lincoln Oppenheimer (Ind) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Tom Cahill | James Harris (Lib) | |
| Corrimal | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Charles Birch (Ind) Mary Hargrave (Ind) |
| Cronulla | Liberal | John Cudmore | Ian Griffith (Lib) | Alexander Elphinston (CPA) Kevin Ryan (DLP) |
| Drummoyne | Liberal | Reg Coady | John Howard (Lib) | Mick Carroll (DLP) |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Robert Scarff | John Mason (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Liberal | Cavell Becher | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | John Colley (Lib) | Harold McIlveen (Ind) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | George Keniry | Jim Clough (Lib) | |
| Fairfield | Labor | Eric Bedford | Frank Calabro (Lib) | |
| Fuller | Liberal | Frank Downing | Peter Coleman (Lib) | Mel Antcliff (DLP) |
| Georges River | Liberal | Ernest Curlisa | Douglas Cross (Lib) | |
| Gloucester | Country | Philip Jackson | Leon Punch (CP) | Charles Buckingham (Ind) Bob Scott (Ind) John Tully (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | Norman Hanscombe | Harry Jago (Lib) | Dominique Droulers (DLP) |
| Gosford | Liberal | Peter Westerway | Ted Humphries (Lib) | Thomas Crass (DLP) |
| Goulburn | Country | John Longhurst | Ron Brewer (CP) | Kenneth Clancy (DLP) |
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Stewart Allan (Lib) | |
| Hamilton | Labor | Robert McCartney | James Reeves (Lib) | |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Dick Klugman | Bernie Deane (Lib) | Leslie Clarke (DLP) William Murray (ARP) Rodney Rose (Ind) |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Kenneth Reid | John Maddison (Lib) | Anthony Felton (DLP) |
| Hurstville | Liberal | Bill Rigby | Tom Mead (Lib) | Kevin Davis (DLP) |
| Kahibah | Labor | Jack Stewart | Roy Hammond (Lib) | William Crane (DLP) Darrell Dawson (CPA) William Fricker (Ind) |
| Kembla | Labor | George Petersen | Jack Walker (Lib) | Teresa Gibbins (Ind) Thomas Malcolm (Ind) Melva Merletto (CPA) |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Alfred Van Der Poorten (Lib) | Brian Crispin (CPA) Martyn Harper (Nat Dem) |
| Kirribilli | Liberal | Alan Newbury | John Waddy (Lib) | Luigi Lamprati (DLP) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Albert Oakey (Lib) | Brian Harnett (DLP) |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib) | |
| Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | Malcolm Broun (Lib) | Annette Andrew (DLP) Frank Ball (Ind) Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | James Westerway | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Antony Liddle (DLP) |
| Lismore | Country | Barrie Eggins | Bruce Duncan (CP) | |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Kenneth Laing (Lib) | Edward Connolly (DLP) Michael Tubbs (CPA) |
| Maitland | Liberal | George Lyons | Milton Morris (Lib) | Aubrey Barr (DLP) |
| Manly | Liberal | Daniel Dwyer | Douglas Darby (Lib) | Ann Macken (DLP) Eric Riches (Ind) Vincent Rizner (Ind) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bill Haigh | Desmond Cahill (Lib) | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Jonathan Fowler (Lib) | |
| Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) | |
| Monaro | Liberal | David Lowrey | Steve Mauger (Lib) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | Lipanjka Dezelin | Pat Morton (Lib) | Geoffrey Hicks (DLP) |
| Murray | Country | Henry O'Callaghan | Bruce Birrell (CP) Michael Butler (Lib) Donald Kendell (CP) | Victor Groutsch (DLP) Joe Lawson* (Ind) |
| Murrumbidgee | Country | Al Grassby | Eric Baldwin (CP) Verdon Letheren (Lib) | Leslie Kennedy (DLP) |
| Nepean | Liberal | Alfred Bennett | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Arthur Wade | Malcolm Barnes (Lib) | Douglas McDougall (Ind) |
| Northcott | Liberal | Pauline Unsworth | Jim Cameron (Lib) | John Kennedy (DLP) |
| Orange | Country | Reginald Cutcliffe | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
| Oxley | Country | | Bruce Cowan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | Hilton Robinson (Lib) | Leonard Kiernan (RTP) Wayne Merton (Ind) John Stewart (DLP) |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Terence Tomlin (Lib) | Doris Brown (DLP) |
| Raleigh | Country | Robert Melville | Jim Brown (CP) | Aubrey Barker (NSM) |
| Randwick | Labor | Lionel Bowen | John McLaughlin (Lib) | Cornelius Woodbury (DLP) |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Harold Heslehurst (Lib) | Peter Height (DLP) |
| South Coast | Liberal | | Jack Beale (Lib) | John Hatton (Ind) |
| Sutherland | Liberal | Tom Dalton | Tim Walker (Lib) | William Goslett (DLP) |
| Tamworth | Country | | Bill Chaffey (CP) | Stanley Cole (Ind) Alexander Dickinson (NSM) |
| Temora | Country | John O'Hara | Jim Taylor (CP) | Garry Carroll (DLP) Dorothy Frank (Ind) |
| Tenterfield | Country | Ronald Grafton | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |
| The Hills | Liberal | Eli Hirsch | Max Ruddock (Lib) | Michael Fagan (DLP) Keith Phillis (Ind) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Leo Musgrave | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | William Ross | Keith Doyle (Lib) | Hugh Bartlett (DLP) |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | John Skeers | Wal Fife (Lib) | Peter Piltz (DLP) |
| Wakehurst | Liberal | Dorothy Isaksen | Dick Healey (Lib) | Lyle Antcliff (DLP) |
| Wallsend | Labor | Ken Booth | William Gilchrist (Lib) | Donald Richards (DLP) |
| Waratah | Labor | Sam Jones | | Frank Purdue (Ind) |
| Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | Richard Gregory (Lib) | Albert Hall (RTP) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | Laurie McGinty (Lib) | Peter Ledlin (DLP) |
| Wollondilly | Labor | Bernard Carroll | Tom Lewis (Lib) | |
| Wollongong | Liberal | Eric Ramsay | Jack Hough (Lib) | Anthony Bevan (Ind) Walter Green (Ind) |
| Wyong | Labor | Harry Jensen | Frederick Vaughan (Lib) | Jack Collins (DLP) |
| Yaralla | Liberal | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Maxwell Martin (DLP) |
| Young | Country | Kevin Whalan | George Freudenstein (CP) | James Manwaring (DLP) |