# Candidates of the 1947 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1947 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 May 1947.

## Retiring Members

William McKell (Labor, Redfern) resigned in February 1947; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.

### Labor

* Ted Horsington (Sturt)
* John Sweeney (Bulli)

## 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 | Labor | John Hurley | Doug Padman (Lib-CP) | |
| Annandale | Labor | Bob Gorman | | George Stanley (LL) |
| Armidale | Country | Francis Harvison | David Drummond (CP) | |
| Ashburnham | Labor | Edgar Dring | Holman Cockram (Lib) Hilton Elliott (CP) | |
| Ashfield | Liberal | William Peters | Athol Richardson (Lib) | |
| Auburn | Lang Labor | Frank Peffer | | Chris Lang (LL) |
| Auburn | Lang Labor | Frank Peffer | | Alexander Kerr (Ind) Stanley Roy (CPA) |
| Balmain | Labor | Mary Quirk | Eddington Sherwood (Lib) | Malinda Ivey (Ind) Stan Moran (CPA) Ronald Sarina (Ind) |
| Bankstown | Labor | James McGirr | John Byrne (Lib) | Ernest Callaghan (LL) George Durrance (Ind) |
| Barwon | Labor | Roy Heferen | Geoff Crawford (CP) Ernest Ellis (CP) | |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Walter L'Estrange (Lib) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | John Freeman | Francis Izon (Lib) | Ian Grant (LL) Frederick Wingrave (CPA) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | William McNally (Lib) | Bessie Frewin (LL) |
| Botany | Labor | Bob Heffron | |
| Bulli | Labor | Laurie Kelly | | Hector MacKay (Ind Lab) John Martin (CPA) |
| Burwood | Liberal | George Russell | Gordon Jackett (Lib) | |
| Byron | Country | | Stanley Stephens (CP) | Christopher Grant (Ind) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | John Paget (Lib) | |
| Casino | Country | Harold Edwards | John Reid (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Richard Powell (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | Jack Baddeley | | Charles Evans (CPA) William May (Ind Lab) |
| Clarence | Country | | Cecil Wingfield (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Mat Davidson | | |
| Concord | Labor | Bill Carlton | Brice Mutton (Lib) | |
| Coogee | Labor | Lou Cunningham | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | | John Hamilton (LL) |
| Corowa | Country | James Adam | Ebenezer Kendell (CP) | |
| Croydon | Liberal | Clive Leroy | David Hunter (Lib) | |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Robert Greig | Robert Dewley (Lib) | |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Clarence Cook (Lib) Thelma Harvey (CP) | |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | George Weir | John Adamson (Lib) | |
| Georges River | Labor | Arthur Williams | Ray Watson (Lib) | |
| Gloucester | Independent | | Alan Borthwick (Lib) Donald Mackay (CP) | Ray Fitzgerald (Ind) |
| Gloucester | Independent | | Alan Borthwick (Lib) Donald Mackay (CP) | James Bogan (Ind) Edwin Dark (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | | Harry Turner (Lib) | James O'Toole (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | William Bladwell (Lib-CP) | |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | | Frederick Cruse (LL) |
| Hamilton | Labor | Joshua Arthur | Oscar Newton (Lib) | William Lambert (LL) Harold Scott-Daisley (Ind) |
| Hartley | Labor | Hamilton Knight | | John King (CPA) |
| Hawkesbury | Labor | Frank Finnan | Bernie Deane (Lib) Edward Mann (CP) | |
| Hornsby | Independent | George Manuel | Sydney Storey (Lib) | Charles Somerville (Ind) |
| Hornsby | Independent | George Manuel | Jeffrey Blaxland (Lib) | Charles Somerville (Ind) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Clive Evatt | Leslie Webster (Lib) | |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | Arthur Butfield (CP) Neville Carey (Lib) | |
| King | Labor | Daniel Clyne | Roberta Galagher (Lib) | Horace Foley (LL) Frederick Haimes (CPA) |
| Kogarah | Labor | William Currey | George Evans (Lib) | |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | | Robert Chapman (CPA) |
| Lachlan | Labor | John Chanter | Robert Medcalf (CP) | Madge Roberts (Ind) |
| Lachlan | Labor | John Chanter | Daniel Clifton (Lib) | Madge Roberts (Ind) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Fred Stanley | | William Dowe (Ind) Adam Ogston (CPA) Harry Robson (Ind) |
| Lane Cove | Labor | Henry Woodward | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Leslie Greenfield (CPA) |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Claude Matthews | | |
| Lismore | Country | | William Frith (CP) | Frederick Stoker (Ind) |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Cleve Slacksmith (CP) | |
| Maitland | Liberal | Walter O'Hearn | Walter Howarth (Lib) | |
| Manly | Liberal | Cedric Cahill | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
| Marrickville | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini | | William McCristal (Ind) |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | William Bruce (Lib) | |
| Mosman | Independent | | Pat Morton (Lib) | Donald Macdonald (Ind) |
| Mudgee | Labor | Bill Dunn | Frederick Cooke (CP) | |
| Murray | Country | James Flood | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | John Thorne (CP) | |
| Namoi | Labor | Raymond Hamilton | Malcolm Heath (CP) | |
| Nepean | Independent | Earle Cameron | Joseph Jackson (Lib) | |
| Neutral Bay | Liberal | | Ivan Black (Lib) | Jack Prior (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | Trebor Edmunds (Lib) | |
| Newtown | Lang Labor | Arthur Greenup | | Lilian Fowler (LL) |
| Newtown | Lang Labor | Arthur Greenup | | Freda Brown (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Labor | James Geraghty | William Travers (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) |
| Orange | Labor | Bob O'Halloran | Charles Cutler (CP) Thomas Whiteley (Lib) | |
| Oxley | Independent | | Les Jordan (CP) | |
| Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | | Owen Cahill (LL) Jonno Hodgson (PLP) Phyllis Johnson (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Liberal | William Browne | George Gollan (Lib) | Charles Brown (Ind) |
| Phillip | Labor | Tom Shannon | | Henry Dixon (Ind) Michael Moore (LL) Thomas Payne (CPA) |
| Raleigh | Country | | Roy Vincent (CP) | Millicent Christian (Ind Lab) |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Thomas Murphy (Lib) | |
| Redfern | Labor | George Noble | | Frederick Fairbrother (PLP) Jack Miles (CPA) Edward Waters (LL) |
| Rockdale | Labor | John McGrath | George McGuire (Lib) | |
| Ryde | Liberal | | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | Robert O'Neile (Ind) |
| South Coast | Independent | | Richard Bush (Lib) | Jack Beale (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | | |
| Tamworth | Independent | Cyril Cahill | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |
| Temora | Country | Percy Lucas | Doug Dickson (CP) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | | Michael Bruxner (CP) | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | John Speers | D'Arcy Rose (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | | Murray Robson | Frank Browne (Ind Lib) |
| Wagga Wagga | Labor | Eddie Graham | Ernest Wenke (CP) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Robert Cameron | | Stan Deacon (Ind) |
| Waverley | Labor | Clarrie Martin | Thomas Fairbairn (Lib) | |
| Willoughby | Liberal | John McHugh | George Brain (Lib) | |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | James Walsh | Jeff Bate (Lib) | |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Billy Davies | | |
| Woollahra | Liberal | John Neale | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | |
| Yass | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Noel Barber (Lib) John MacKay (CP) | John Cusack (Ind) |
| Young | Labor | Fred Cahill | John Collins (CP) Percy Richardson (Lib) | |