Candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election
This is a list of candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 21 March 1959.[1]
Retiring Members
Labor
- Fred Cahill (Young)
- George Campbell (Hamilton)
- John Crook (Cessnock)
- John Freeman (Blacktown)
- John McGrath (Rockdale)
- Maurice O'Sullivan (Paddington)
Liberal
- Jim Clough (Parramatta)
Country
- D'Arcy Rose (Upper Hunter)
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 | Reginald Garland | Doug Padman (Lib) | Lawrence Esler (DLP) |
Armidale | Country | Percy Love | Davis Hughes (CP) | Richard Stanley (DLP) |
Ashfield-Croydon | notional Liberal [2] | John McCartney | David Hunter (Lib) | |
Richard Murden (Lib) | ||||
Auburn | Labor | Thomas Ryan | John Steel (Lib) | |
Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Sabina Greenman (Lib) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | Frederick Howe (Lib) | Jack Hughes (CPA) Charles Reid (Ind) |
Barwon | Country | Thomas Burt | Geoff Crawford (CP) | |
Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Campbell Alexander (Lib) | |
Blacktown | Labor | Jim Southee | Alfred Dennis (Lib) | Frank Finlayson (Ind) Francis Moffitt (DLP) |
Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Carl Jeppesen (Lib) | Charles Massey (DLP) |
Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Frederick Watson (CPA) |
Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Allan Johnson (CP) | |
Burwood | Liberal | John Cunningham | Ben Doig (Lib) | |
Byron | Country | Stanley Stephens (CP) | ||
Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | William Dowd (Lib) | |
Casino | Country | Ian Robinson (CP) | ||
Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Calverley Brown (CP) | |
Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | Charles Haxton (Ind) David Stevenson (CPA) | |
Clarence | Country | Bill Weiley (CP) | ||
Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell | ||
Collaroy | Liberal | Erwin Eder | Robert Askin (Lib) | |
Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Jack Kane (DLP) |
Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Allan Carter (DLP) |
Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | Athol McCoy (Lib) | Charles Higbid (Ind) |
Cronulla | notional Liberal [2] | George Neilson | Ian Griffith (Lib) | |
Drummoyne | Liberal | Roy Jackson | Walter Lawrence (Lib) | |
Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Les Ford (Lib) | Brian Adams (DLP) |
Roderick Mack (CP) | ||||
Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Joseph Hollis (Lib) | Owen Cahill (DLP) |
Earlwood | Liberal | John Buckeridge | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Allan Young (Lib) | John Bennett (Ind) |
Eastwood | Liberal | William Browne | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | |
Fairfield | Labor | Clarrie Earl | David Fairs (Lib) | Edwin Lipscombe (CPA) |
Georges River | Liberal | Albert Kealman | Douglas Cross | Kevin Davis (DLP) Fitzgerald Mulholland (Ind) |
Gloucester | Country | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) | Alan Borthwick (Ind) | |
Gordon | Liberal | Stewart Fraser (Lib) | ||
Gosford | Liberal | Reginald Smith | Harold Jackson (Lib) | |
Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | William Bladwell (Lib) | Charles O'Brien (DLP) |
Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | Robert Leech (Lib) | Harold Ewer (CPA) |
Hamilton | Labor | Robert McCartney | Brian O'Loughlin (Lib) | John Daley (DLP) |
Hartley | Labor | Jim Robson | Peter Carroll (CPA) | |
Hawkesbury | Labor | Kevin Dwyer | Bernie Deane (Lib) | |
Hornsby | Liberal | Arthur Evans | Sydney Storey (Lib) | |
Hurstville | Labor | Bill Rigby | Hedley Mallard (Lib) | Clive Evatt (Ind Lab) Edward Merryfull (Ind) |
Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | David Bowen (CPA) James Casey (Ind) | |
Kahibah | Labor | Jack Stewart | Eric Cupit (Lib) | |
King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Adrian Cook (Lib) | Ron Maxwell (CPA) |
Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Jeffrey Skehan (Lib) | Thomas Brosnan (DLP) Jack McPhillips (CPA) |
Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | Charles Dumbrell (CPA) | |
Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | John Tapp (CPA) | |
Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | Dora Skelsey (Lib) | |
Lane Cove | Liberal | Arthur Braddock | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Mary Gray (DLP) |
Leichhardt | Labor | Reg Coady | Barney Morton (Lib) | |
Lismore | Country | Jack Easter (CP) | Clyde Campbell (Ind) | |
Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | |
Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | John Pender (Ind) |
Maitland | Liberal | William Harvey | Milton Morris (Lib) | Douglas Drinkwater (DLP) Henry Ivins (Ind) |
Manly | Liberal | Geoffrey Mill | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | George Anthony (Lib) | Jim Baird (CPA) |
Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Michael Lazar (Lib) | |
Merrylands | notional Labor [2] | Jack Ferguson | Graham Cullis (Lib) | |
Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | Mark Flanagan (Lib) | |
Mosman | Liberal | Pat Morton (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) | |
Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Norman Griffith (CP) Jack Ives (Lib) | Donald Bennett (DLP) |
Murray | Country | John Hayes | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Verdon Letheren (CP) | Sidney Braithwaite (Ind) Francis O'Connell (DLP) |
Nepean | Liberal | John Carvan | Bill Chapman (Lib) | Mel McCalman (CPA) |
Neutral Bay | Liberal | Ivan Black (Lib) | ||
Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | William Hutchinson (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
North Sydney | Labor | Ray Maher | Russell Newton (Lib) | Francis Ferry (Ind) Michael Fitzpatrick (DLP) |
Orange | Country | Lloyd Stapleton | Charles Cutler (CP) | |
Oxley | Country | Les Jordan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) Duncan Kennedy (Ind) | |
Paddington-Waverley | notional Labor [2] | William Ferguson | Jack Cole (Lib) | Cyril Hutchings (Ind) Bernard Rosen (CPA) |
Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | William Pickard (Lib) | Carlyle Dalgleish (DLP) |
Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Warwick Dunkley (Lib) | Ernie Thornton (CPA) |
Raleigh | Country | William Bailey | Jim Brown (CP) | Radford Gamack (Ind CP) |
Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Graham Price (Lib) | Cecil Russell (DLP) |
Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Mary Beckett (Lib) | Arthur Shipton (CPA) |
Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Ronald Hislop | Arthur Henderson (Ind) Wesley Johns (DLP) |
Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Ian Millar (Lib) | Francis Bull (DLP) |
South Coast | Liberal | Jack Beale (Lib) | Douglas Glass (Ind) | |
Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | Edward Brown (CP) | Edward Craill (CPA) George Mailath (DLP) |
Sutherland | Liberal | Tom Dalton | Keith Bates (Lib) | Alexander Elphinston (CPA) Peter Keogh (DLP) |
Tamworth | Country | Bill Chaffey (CP) | ||
Temora | Country | Doug Dickson (CP) | ||
Tenterfield | Country | Herbert Pottie | Michael Bruxner (CP) | |
Upper Hunter | Country | Geoffrey Heuston | Leon Punch (CP) | George Adams (Ind) John Moore (Ind) |
Vaucluse | Liberal | Geoffrey Cox (Lib) | ||
Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Dudley Graham | Wal Fife (Lib) | Robert Harris (DLP) |
Waratah | Independent | Edward Greaves | Frank Purdue (Ind) | |
Willoughby | Liberal | George Brain (Lib) | ||
Wollondilly | Liberal | Ernest Seager | Tom Lewis (Lib) | |
Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Jack Hough (Lib) | |
Woollahra | Liberal | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | ||
Young | Labor | Ernest McDermott | George Freudenstein (CP) | John Hogan (DLP) |
Raymond Oliver (Lib) |
See also
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "1957 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.