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.[1]
Retiring Members[]
Labor[]
- Carlo Lazzarini (Marrickville) had died in late 1952 but no by-election was held.[2]
- Arthur Greenup (Newtown-Annandale) the district was abolished in the 1952 redistribution,[3] and he was defeated in the preselection contest for Marrickville.[4]
Liberal[]
- Harry Turner (Gordon) had resigned in late 1952 to run for a federal seat. No by-election was held.[5]
- George Gollan (Parramatta).[6]
Country[]
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 |
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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) | |
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 [3] | Arthur Williams | Armand Macquart (Lib) | |
Eastwood | Liberal | Francis Corcoran | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | Francis Collings (Ind) |
Fairfield | notional Labor [3] | 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) | |
William Frith (CP) | ||||
Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Madge Lee (Lib) | |
Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Frank O'Keefe (CP) James Reeves (Lib) |
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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) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
- ^ Nairn, Bede. "Lazzarini, Carlo Camillo (1880–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 14 April 2018 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- ^ a b c "1952 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Finnan, Greenup in A.L.P sensation". Truth. 21 December 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr (Harry) Henry Basil Turner". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. George Charles Gollan (1886-1957)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Roy Stanley Vincent (1892-1965)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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