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

Roy Vincent (Raleigh).^[7]

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 ^[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)
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)

References

^ Green, Antony. "1953 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
^ Nairn, Bede. "Lazzarini, Carlo Camillo (1880–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ ^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.

[1] Green, Antony. "1953 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

[Lazzarini_adb-2] Nairn, Bede. "Lazzarini, Carlo Camillo (1880–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[1952_redistribution-3] "1952 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Truth_21_Dec_52-4] "Finnan, Greenup in A.L.P sensation". Truth. 21 December 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 11 December 2021 – via Trove.

[Harry_Turner_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr (Harry) Henry Basil Turner". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[Gollan_NSW_Parl-6] "The Hon. George Charles Gollan (1886-1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[Vincent_NSW_Parl-7] "Mr Roy Stanley Vincent (1892-1965)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

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