# Candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 17 June 1950.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Bill Dunn (Mudgee)
* Kevin Dwyer (Redfern) — lost preselection
* Bob Gorman (Annandale) — lost preselection for Newtown-Annandale
* Baden Powell (Wollongong-Kembla) — lost preselection

## 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 | John Hurley | Doug Padman (Lib) | |
| Armidale | Country | Jim Cahill | Davis Hughes (CP) | Edward Spensley (Ind) |
| Ashfield | Liberal | Ernest Grove | Athol Richardson (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Lang Labor | Edgar Dring | Jim Dennison (Lib) | Alexander Kerr (Ind) Roy Kirby (CPA) Chris Lang (LL) |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Frederick Mann (Lib) | Tom Dowling (CPA) Malinda Ivey (Ind) Mary Quirk (Ind Lab) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | Blanche Barkl (Lib) | |
| Barwon | Labor | Norman Ferguson | Geoff Crawford (CP) | Roy Heferen (Ind Lab) |
| Barwon | Labor | Norman Ferguson | William McKechnie (Lib) | Roy Heferen (Ind Lab) |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Basil Genders (Lib) Allan Harding (CP) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | John Freeman | Nancy Saxby (Lib) | |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Keith Weekes (Lib) | |
| Bulli | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Leslie Strachan (Lib) | John Martin (CPA) |
| Burrinjuck | New seat | Bill Sheahan | William Ross (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | | Gordon Jackett (Lib) | Harrie Mitchell (Ind) |
| Byron | Country | | Stanley Stephens (CP) | |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | Robert Bruce (Lib) | |
| Casino | Country | Alexander Bryen | John Reid (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | John Campbell (Lib) Noel Knight (CP) Edward Langbien (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | John Crook | | John Tapp (CPA) |
| Clarence | Country | | Cecil Wingfield (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell | Frederick Harding (CP) | |
| Collaroy | New seat | John Masters | Robert Askin (Lib) | |
| Concord | Liberal | Thomas Murphy | John Adamson (Lib) | |
| Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | Donald Clark (Lib) | Henry McPhillips (Ind) |
| Croydon | Liberal | | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Darlinghurst | New seat | Frank Finnan | John Paget (Lib) | Adam Ogston (CPA) |
| Drummoyne | Liberal | Charles Halliday | Robert Dewley (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Robert Medcalf* (CP) Joseph Roach (Lib) | Madge Roberts (Ind) |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | George Weir | Leslie Parr (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | New seat | Arthur Higgins | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| Eastwood | New seat | John Birchall | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | |
| George's River | Labor | Arthur Williams | Charles Little (Lib) | |
| Gloucester | Country | Edward Robb | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) | William McCristal (Ind) |
| Gloucester | Country | Edward Robb | Bruce Cowan (CP) Roderick Richardson (Lib) | William McCristal (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Harry Turner (Lib) | |
| Gosford | New seat | John Egan | Harold Jackson (Lib) | George Downes (Ind) Walter Lloyd (Ind) Jack Parks (Ind) |
| Gosford | New seat | John Egan | William Wright (CP) | George Downes (Ind) Walter Lloyd (Ind) Jack Parks (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | Hubert O'Connell (Lib) | |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | William Campbell (Lib) | |
| Hamilton | Labor | George Campbell | Harry Quinlan (Lib) | Oscar Newton (Ind) |
| Hartley | Labor | Jim Chalmers | James Cripps (Lib) | John King (CPA) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | | Bernie Deane (Lib) | Herbert Daley (Ind) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | | Greg McGirr (CP) | Herbert Daley (Ind) |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Roy Shirvington | Sydney Storey (Lib) | |
| Hurstville | Labor | Clive Evatt | Leslie Webster (Lib) | |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | Lindsay Maynes (Lib) | |
| Kahibah | New seat | Joshua Arthur | William Bourke (Lib) | |
| King | Labor | Daniel Clyne | Roberta Galagher (Lib) | Horace Foley (LL) Clare Peters (Ind) |
| Kogarah | Liberal | Bill Crabtree | Douglas Cross (Lib) | |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | | Nellie Simm (CPA) |
| Lake Macquarie | New seat | Jim Simpson | John Wilkins (Lib) | |
| Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | Samuel Warren (Lib) | Roy Boyd (CPA) Fred Stanley (Ind Lab) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Hugh Milne | Ken McCaw (Lib) | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Claude Matthews | Charles Shields (Lib) | Arthur Doughty (Ind) |
| Lismore | Country | Francis Fredericks | William Frith (CP) | |
| Liverpool | New seat | James McGirr | Bernard Fitzpatrick (Lib) | Don Syme (CPA) |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Keith Mitchell (Lib) Frank O'Keefe (CP) | |
| Maitland | Liberal | Kevin Barlow | Walter Howarth (Lib) | |
| Manly | Liberal | | Douglas Darby (Lib) | Charles Scharkie (Ind Lib) |
| Maroubra | New seat | Bob Heffron | Philip Goldman (Lib) | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini | Basil Mottershead (Lib) | |
| Monaro | Labor | | Bill Keys (Lib) | John Seiffert (Ind Lab) |
| Mosman | Liberal | Allan Matthews | Pat Morton (Lib) | |
| Mudgee | Labor | John Breen | Frederick Cooke (CP) | |
| Mudgee | Labor | John Breen | Norman Horne (Lib) | |
| Murray | Country | James Flood | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murray | Country | James Flood | Ebenezer Kendell (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | John Oag (Lib) Alfred Yeo (CP) | |
| Nepean | Liberal | | Joseph Jackson (Lib) | Allan Taylor (Ind) |
| Neutral Bay | Liberal | Frank McCullum | Ivan Black (Lib) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | Eric Cupit (Lib) | Laurie Aarons (CPA) |
| Newtown-Annandale | New seat | Arthur Greenup | | Lilian Fowler (LL) Daisy Lewin (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Labor | Ray Maher | Bjarne Halvorsen (Lib) | James Geraghty (Ind Lab) |
| Orange | Country | Francis Hoy | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
| Oxley | Country | William Baker | Les Jordan (CP) | |
| Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | Bob Mutton (Lib) | Phyllis Johnson (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | Louis O'Neil | George Gollan (Lib) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Tom Shannon | Henry Clarke (Lib) | |
| Raleigh | Country | | Roy Vincent (CP) | |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Gerald Davis (Lib) | |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Phillip Pethers (Lib) | Frederick Fairbrother (Ind Lab) Mervyn Pidcock (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | John McGrath | George McGuire (Lib) | |
| Ryde | Liberal | Frank Downing | Ken Anderson (Lib) | |
| South Coast | Liberal | Alfred Berriman | Jack Beale (Lib) | |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | | |
| Sutherland | New seat | Gough Whitlam | Cecil Monro (Lib) | |
| Tamworth | Country | | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | | Doug Dickson (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | | Michael Bruxner (CP) | Ben Wade (Ind CP) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Leonard Neville | D'Arcy Rose (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | Harold Levien | Murray Robson (Lib) | Tasman Crocker (Ind Lib) |
| Wagga Wagga | Labor | Eddie Graham | Richard Blamey (CP) Ivan Jack (Lib) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Robert Cameron | Harold Hollis (Lib) | |
| Waverley | Labor | Clarrie Martin | Ross McKinnon (Lib) | |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Brian White | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | | Blake Pelly (Lib) | Erle Sampson (Ind) Gerald Wylie (Ind) |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Gerald Sargent (Lib) | Henry Graham (Ind) |
| Woollahra | Liberal | William Harcourt | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | |
| Young | Labor | Fred Cahill | Douglas Beard (CP) Percy Richardson (Lib) | |