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)
			William McKechnie (Lib)
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)
			Bruce Cowan (CP) Roderick Richardson (Lib)
Gordon	Liberal		Harry Turner (Lib)
Gosford	New seat	John Egan	Harold Jackson (Lib)	George Downes (Ind) Walter Lloyd (Ind) Jack Parks (Ind)
			William Wright (CP)
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)
			Greg McGirr (CP)
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)
			Norman Horne (Lib)
Murray	Country	James Flood	Joe Lawson (CP)
			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)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953

References

• Green, Antony. "1950 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.