# Candidates of the 1965 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1965 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 1 May 1965.

## Retiring Members

Note: Liberal MLAs Geoffrey Cox (Vaucluse) and Les Ford (Dubbo) died in late 1964 while Labor MLA John Seiffert Sr (Monaro) died in January 1965. No by-elections were held.

### Labor

* George Enticknap MLA (Murrumbidgee)
* Ray Maher MLA (Wyong)
* Jim Robson MLA (Hartley)
* Thomas Ryan MLA (Auburn)
* Laurie Tully MLA (Goulburn)
* Ernest Wetherell MLA (Cobar)

### Liberal

* Eric Hearnshaw MLA (Eastwood)
* Harold Jackson MLA (Gosford)
* Doug Padman MLA (Albury)

## 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 | Robert White | James Griffiths (CP) Gordon Mackie* (Lib) | Leo Keane (DLP) |
| Armidale | Country | Patrick McGee | Davis Hughes (CP) | |
| Ashfield-Croydon | Liberal | Wadim Jegorow | David Hunter (Lib) | Raymond Sharrock (Ind) |
| Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | Neil Davis (Lib) | |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Elton Lewis (Lib) | Harry Black (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | David Cowan (Lib) | Frank Bollins (CPA) |
| Barwon | Country | Cecil Newton | Geoff Crawford (CP) |
| Bass Hill | Labor | Clarrie Earl | William Pardy (Lib) | John Sawyer (Ind) |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Clive Osborne (CP) French Smith (Lib) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | Jim Southee | Denys Clarke (Lib) | Malcolm Towner (Ind) |
| Bligh | Labor | Tom Morey | Morton Cohen (Lib) | John Kenny (DLP) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | John Barraclough (Lib) | |
| Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Sara Bowen (CPA) Mary Hargrave (Ind) |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Stanley Ablamowicz (Lib) Douglas Boag (CP) | |
| Burwood | Liberal | Norman Newey | John Jackett (Lib) | Ben Doig (Ind Lib) |
| Byron | Country | James Constable | Stanley Stephens (CP) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Colin McPhee (Lib) | |
| Casino | Country | | Richmond Manyweathers (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Doug Moppett (CP) William Waterford (Lib) | Angus Campbell (Ind) |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | | Charles Dumbrell (CPA) Hilton Smith (DLP) |
| Clarence | Country | Philip Parsonage | Bill Weiley (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Lew Johnstone | Allan Connell (Lib) | William Edwards (Ind) Douglas McFarlane (Ind) |
| Collaroy | Liberal | William Bramwell | Robert Askin (Lib) | Elfrida Morcom (CPA) |
| Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | William Doherty (DLP) |
| Coogee | Labor | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Philip Cohen (DLP) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Tom Cahill | Louis Mamo (Lib) | |
| Cronulla | Liberal | Wallace Page | Ian Griffith (Lib) | Alexander Elphinston (CPA) |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Reg Coady | George Chambers (Lib) | Edwin Carr (DLP) |
| Dubbo | Liberal | Kenneth Mason | Roderick Mack (CP) John Mason* (Lib) | |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Russell Carter (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Liberal | Harry Chandler | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | John Colley (Lib) | Russell Duncan (Ind) Harold McIlveen (Ind) Jack Mingramm (Ind) Norman Weeks (Ind) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | George Keniry | Jim Clough (Lib) | Doris Brauer (DLP) Marion Hearnshaw (Ind) |
| Fairfield | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) | Andrew Murphy (DLP) |
| Georges River | Liberal | William Robinson | Douglas Cross (Lib) | |
| Gloucester | Country | | Leon Punch (CP) | Bob Scott (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Harry Jago (Lib) | Dominique Droulers (DLP) |
| Gosford | Liberal | Kevin Dwyer | Ted Humphries (Lib) | Michael Dwyer (DLP) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Ernest McDermott | Ron Brewer* (CP) Brian Keating (Lib) | |
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Terence Quinn (Lib) | Andrew Diehm (DLP) |
| Hamilton | Labor | Robert McCartney | Richard Nathan (Lib) | |
| Hartley | Labor | James Robson | | Laurence Breen (DLP) Harold Coates* (Ind) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Lawrence Kaufmann | Bernie Deane (Lib) | Malcolm Tarlton-Rayment (Ind) |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Terrence Foster | John Maddison (Lib) | Anthony Felton (DLP) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Bill Rigby | Tom Mead (Lib) | Kevin Davis (DLP) |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | John Poel (Lib) | Robert Webster (CPA) |
| Kahibah | Labor | Jack Stewart | Wallace MacDonald (Lib) | |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | John Partridge (Lib) | Ron Maxwell (CPA) |
| Kirribilli | Liberal | James Cahill | John Waddy (Lib) | Nicholas Gorshenin (Ind) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Albert Oakey (Lib) | Hubert O'Connell (DLP) |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | Ken Booth | | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | John Wassell (Lib) | |
| Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | Arthur Parry (Lib) | |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Edward Connolly (DLP) |
| Lismore | Labor | Keith Compton | Bruce Duncan* (CP) Alan Henderson (Lib) Digby Wilson (CP) |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Warren Glenny (Lib) | Harry Cole (DLP) Ronald Marriott (CPA) |
| Maitland | Liberal | Wallace Fitzgerald | Milton Morris (Lib) | |
| Manly | Independent | | Barton Higgs (Lib) | Douglas Darby* (Ind Lib) Albert Thompson (Ind) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | Harold Heslehurst (Lib) | Thomas Bamborough (Ind) Stanley Sharkey (CPA) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Neville Glass (Lib) | |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert Jr | Steve Mauger* (Lib) Keith Phillis (CP) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | | Pat Morton (Lib) | Francis Hicks (DLP) |
| Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Dick Evans (Lib) Emile Moufarrige (CP) | |
| Murray | Country | George Xeros | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | Al Grassby | Eric Baldwin (CP) Michael Lowing (Lib) | John Troy (DLP) |
| Nepean | Labor | Alfred Bennett | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | John Park (Ind) Albert Perish (DLP) Ronald Sarina (Ind) Kathleen Whitten (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | Stewart Mordue (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
| Orange | Country | Kevin Whalan | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
| Oxley | Liberal | Joseph Andrews | Les Jordan (Lib) | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | Paul Bland (Lib) | Hans Andreasson (DLP) |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Kenneth McKimm (Lib) | Walter Buckley (CPA) John Walsh (Ind) |
| Raleigh | Country | Robert Melville | Jim Brown (CP) | |
| Randwick | Labor | Lionel Bowen | Sidney Pitkethly (Lib) | |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Gerald Bayliss (Lib) | Cecil Sharrock (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Angus Bristow (Lib) | Keith Richardson (Ind) |
| Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Henry Mitchell (Lib) | Thomas Kennedy (DLP) |
| South Coast | Liberal | | Jack Beale (Lib) | Noel Williams (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | Edward Brown (CP) | |
| Sutherland | Labor | Tom Dalton | Tim Walker (Lib) | William Goslett (DLP) |
| Tamworth | Country | Stanley Cole | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | John Herridge | Jim Taylor (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | Eric Potter | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |
| The Hills | Liberal | Alan Francis | Max Ruddock (Lib) | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Leslie Uhrig | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | | Keith Doyle (Lib) | Edward Byrnes (DLP) Kevin McDermott (Ind) |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | John Skeers | Wal Fife (Lib) | Anthony Abbey (DLP) |
| Wakehurst | Liberal | Geoffrey Mill | Dick Healey (Lib) | Frederick Jones (Ind) |
| Waratah | Independent | Sam Jones | | Jack Collins (DLP) Brian Morgan (Ind) Frank Purdue (Ind) |
| Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | Ralph Stewart (Lib) | Arthur Byrnes (DLP) Albert Hahn (Ind) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Patrick O'Halloran | Tom Lewis (Lib) | |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Doug Porter | Jack Hough (Lib) | Peter Barnes (Ind) Andrew Gibson (Ind) |
| Wyong | Labor | Harry Jensen | Kenneth Charters | Hugh Ansell (DLP) |
| Young | Country | Robert Rygate | George Freudenstein (CP) | |