# Candidates of the 1953 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1953 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 14 February 1953.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* Carlo Lazzarini (Marrickville) had died in late 1952 but no by-election was held.
* Arthur Greenup (Newtown-Annandale) the district was abolished in the 1952 redistribution, and he was defeated in the preselection contest for Marrickville.

### Liberal

* Harry Turner (Gordon) had resigned in late 1952 to run for a federal seat. No by-election was held.
* George Gollan (Parramatta).

### Country

* Roy Vincent (Raleigh).

## 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 | Frank Finnan | Doug Padman (Lib) | |
| Armidale | Country | Jim Cahill | Davis Hughes (CP) | |
| Ashfield | Labor | Jack Richardson | Richard Murden (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Edgar Dring | | Chris Lang (LL) |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | | Arthur Doughty (Ind) Stan Moran (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | | Claude Jones (CPA) |
| Barwon | Country | Gerard McInerney | Geoff Crawford (CP) | |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | | |
| Blacktown | Labor | John Freeman | George Walker (Lib) | Mel McCalman (CPA) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Les Fingleton (Lib) | |
| Bulli | Labor | Laurie Kelly | | Sara Phipps (CPA) |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Robert Stewart (CP) | John Cusack (Ind) Barney Morton (Ind) |
| Burwood | Liberal | William Weiss | Leslie Parr (Lib) | |
| Byron | Country | | Stanley Stephens (CP) | |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | Donald Arthur (Lib) | Roy Boyd (CPA) |
| Casino | Country | William Young | Ian Robinson (CP) | |
| Casino | Country | William Young | William Cooke (CP) John Reid (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Keith Sullivan (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | John Crook | | John Tapp (CPA) |
| Clarence | Country | George Russell | Cecil Wingfield (CP) | Kenneth Harding (CPA) |
| Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell | | |
| Collaroy | Liberal | Evelyn Barron | Robert Askin (Lib) | |
| Concord | Liberal | Thomas Murphy | John Adamson (Lib) | |
| Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | | |
| Croydon | Liberal | Kenneth Guthrie | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Liberal | Roy Jackson | Robert Dewley (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Country | Clarrie Robertson | Robert Medcalf (CP) | |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | George Weir | Basil Mottershead (Lib) | |
| Earlwood | Liberal | Arthur Higgins | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
| East Hills | notional Labor | Arthur Williams | Armand Macquart (Lib) | |
| Eastwood | Liberal | Francis Corcoran | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | Francis Collings (Ind) |
| Fairfield | notional Labor | Clarrie Earl | | Edwin Lipscombe (CPA) |
| George's River | Labor | Frank O'Neill | Samuel Warren (Lib) | |
| Gloucester | Country | Percy Randle | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) | |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Stewart Fraser (Lib) | |
| Gosford | Liberal | Rupert Wallace | Harold Jackson (Lib) | |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | Pat Osborne (Lib) | |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | | Albert Williams (CPA) |
| Hamilton | Labor | George Campbell | John Milne (Lib) | |
| Hartley | Labor | James Punch | | Jim Chalmers* (Ind Lab) John King (CPA) |
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | John Egan | Bernie Deane (Lib) | |
| Hornsby | Liberal | | Sydney Storey (Lib) | Leslie Matthews (Ind) Victor Taylor (Ind) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Clive Evatt | Bill Arthur (Lib) | |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | | |
| Kahibah | Labor | Joshua Arthur | Inglis Alexander (Lib) | |
| King | Labor | Daniel Clyne | Roberta Galagher (Lib) | |
| Kogarah | Liberal | Bill Crabtree | Douglas Cross (Lib) | |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | | |
| Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | George Chambers (Lib) | |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Alan Bagot | Ken McCaw (Lib) | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Claude Matthews | William Cole (Lib) | |
| Lismore | Country | Donald Watson | Jack Easter (CP) | |
| Lismore | Country | Donald Watson | William Frith (CP) | |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Madge Lee (Lib) | |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Frank O'Keefe (CP) James Reeves (Lib) | |
| Maitland | Liberal | Leonard Neville | Walter Howarth (Lib) | |
| Manly | Liberal | Malcolm Stuart-Robertson | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | | William McCristal (Ind) |
| Monaro | Ind Labor | John Seiffert | Ernest Smith (Lib) | |
| Mosman | Liberal | Edna Ryan | Pat Morton (Lib) | |
| Mudgee | Country | Leo Nott | Frederick Cooke (CP) | |
| Murray | Country | Francis Holden | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Richard Cuthbert (CP) | |
| Nepean | Liberal | Alexander Liston | Joseph Jackson (Lib) | |
| Neutral Bay | Liberal | | Ivan Black (Lib) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | | Doug Olive (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Ind Labor | Ray Maher | Trevor Humphries (Lib) | James Geraghty (Ind Lab) Norman Jacobs (Ind) |
| Orange | Country | Louie Cassey | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
| Oxley | Country | William Kennewell | Les Jordan (CP) | Alan Borthwick (Ind) Joe Cordner (Ind) |
| Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | | Bill Brown (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Kevin Morgan | Arthur Butterell (Lib) | Edward Harding (Ind) |
| Phillip | Labor | Tom Shannon | | |
| Raleigh | Country | Clyde Reid | William Burns (CP) Radford Gamack (CP) | Gordon Patterson (Ind) |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | George Goodwin (Lib) | |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | | Harry Hatfield (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | John McGrath | Harold Heslehurst (Lib) | |
| Ryde | Liberal | Frank Downing | Ken Anderson (Lib) | |
| South Coast | Liberal | Alfred Berriman | Jack Beale (Lib) | |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | | |
| Sutherland | Liberal | Tom Dalton | Cecil Monro (Lib) | |
| Tamworth | Country | William Scully | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | Hector Skidmore | Doug Dickson (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | Frederick Cowley | Michael Bruxner (CP) | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | George McGuirk | D'Arcy Rose (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | | Murray Robson (Lib) | |
| Wagga Wagga | Labor | Eddie Graham | Wal Fife (Lib) William Wright (CP) | Les Kelton (CPA) |
| Waratah | Labor | Robert Cameron | | Alfred Hodge (Ind) |
| Waverley | Labor | Clarrie Martin | Ben Doig (Lib) | |
| Willoughby | Liberal | Joseph McNally | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Albert Hughes | Blake Pelly (Lib) | |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | | William Harkness (CPA) George Parker (Ind) |
| Woollahra | Liberal | Norman Jacobs | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | |
| Young | Labor | Fred Cahill | Reg Hailstone (CP) |