Candidates of the 1965 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1965 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 1 May 1965.

Retiring Members

Note: Liberal MLAs Geoffrey Cox (Vaucluse) and Les Ford (Dubbo) died in late 1964 while Labor MLA John Seiffert Sr (Monaro) died in January 1965. No by-elections were held.

Labor

• George Enticknap MLA (Murrumbidgee)
• Ray Maher MLA (Wyong)
• Jim Robson MLA (Hartley)
• Thomas Ryan MLA (Auburn)
• Laurie Tully MLA (Goulburn)
• Ernest Wetherell MLA (Cobar)

Liberal

• Eric Hearnshaw MLA (Eastwood)
• Harold Jackson MLA (Gosford)
• Doug Padman MLA (Albury)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albury	Liberal	Robert White	James Griffiths (CP) Gordon Mackie* (Lib)	Leo Keane (DLP)
Armidale	Country	Patrick McGee	Davis Hughes (CP)
Ashfield-Croydon	Liberal	Wadim Jegorow	David Hunter (Lib)	Raymond Sharrock (Ind)
Auburn	Labor	Peter Cox	Neil Davis (Lib)
Balmain	Labor	John McMahon	Elton Lewis (Lib)	Harry Black (CPA)
Bankstown	Labor	Nick Kearns	David Cowan (Lib)	Frank Bollins (CPA)
Barwon	Country	Cecil Newton	Geoff Crawford (CP)
Bass Hill	Labor	Clarrie Earl	William Pardy (Lib)	John Sawyer (Ind)
Bathurst	Labor	Gus Kelly	Clive Osborne (CP) French Smith (Lib)
Blacktown	Labor	Jim Southee	Denys Clarke (Lib)	Malcolm Towner (Ind)
Bligh	Labor	Tom Morey	Morton Cohen (Lib)	John Kenny (DLP)
Bondi	Labor	Abe Landa	John Barraclough (Lib)
Bulli	Labor	Rex Jackson	Donald Heggie (Lib)	Sara Bowen (CPA) Mary Hargrave (Ind)
Burrinjuck	Labor	Bill Sheahan	Stanley Ablamowicz (Lib) Douglas Boag (CP)
Burwood	Liberal	Norman Newey	John Jackett (Lib)	Ben Doig (Ind Lib)
Byron	Country	James Constable	Stanley Stephens (CP)
Canterbury	Labor	Kevin Stewart	Colin McPhee (Lib)
Casino	Country		Richmond Manyweathers (CP)
Castlereagh	Labor	Jack Renshaw	Doug Moppett (CP) William Waterford (Lib)	Angus Campbell (Ind)
Cessnock	Labor	George Neilly		Charles Dumbrell (CPA) Hilton Smith (DLP)
Clarence	Country	Philip Parsonage	Bill Weiley (CP)
Cobar	Labor	Lew Johnstone	Allan Connell (Lib)	William Edwards (Ind) Douglas McFarlane (Ind)
Collaroy	Liberal	William Bramwell	Robert Askin (Lib)	Elfrida Morcom (CPA)
Concord	Labor	Thomas Murphy	Lerryn Mutton (Lib)	William Doherty (DLP)
Coogee	Labor	Lou Walsh	Kevin Ellis (Lib)	Philip Cohen (DLP)
Cook's River	Labor	Tom Cahill	Louis Mamo (Lib)
Cronulla	Liberal	Wallace Page	Ian Griffith (Lib)	Alexander Elphinston (CPA)
Drummoyne	Labor	Reg Coady	George Chambers (Lib)	Edwin Carr (DLP)
Dubbo	Liberal	Kenneth Mason	Roderick Mack (CP) John Mason* (Lib)
Dulwich Hill	Labor	Cliff Mallam	Russell Carter (Lib)
Earlwood	Liberal	Harry Chandler	Eric Willis (Lib)
East Hills	Labor	Joe Kelly	John Colley (Lib)	Russell Duncan (Ind) Harold McIlveen (Ind) Jack Mingramm (Ind) Norman Weeks (Ind)
Eastwood	Liberal	George Keniry	Jim Clough (Lib)	Doris Brauer (DLP) Marion Hearnshaw (Ind)
Fairfield	Labor	Jack Ferguson	Stanislaus Kelly (Lib)	Andrew Murphy (DLP)
Georges River	Liberal	William Robinson	Douglas Cross (Lib)
Gloucester	Country		Leon Punch (CP)	Bob Scott (Ind)
Gordon	Liberal		Harry Jago (Lib)	Dominique Droulers (DLP)
Gosford	Liberal	Kevin Dwyer	Ted Humphries (Lib)	Michael Dwyer (DLP)
Goulburn	Labor	Ernest McDermott	Ron Brewer* (CP) Brian Keating (Lib)
Granville	Labor	Pat Flaherty	Terence Quinn (Lib)	Andrew Diehm (DLP)
Hamilton	Labor	Robert McCartney	Richard Nathan (Lib)
Hartley	Labor	James Robson		Laurence Breen (DLP) Harold Coates* (Ind)
Hawkesbury	Liberal	Lawrence Kaufmann	Bernie Deane (Lib)	Malcolm Tarlton-Rayment (Ind)
Hornsby	Liberal	Terrence Foster	John Maddison (Lib)	Anthony Felton (DLP)
Hurstville	Labor	Bill Rigby	Tom Mead (Lib)	Kevin Davis (DLP)
Illawarra	Labor	Howard Fowles	John Poel (Lib)	Robert Webster (CPA)
Kahibah	Labor	Jack Stewart	Wallace MacDonald (Lib)
King	Labor	Albert Sloss	John Partridge (Lib)	Ron Maxwell (CPA)
Kirribilli	Liberal	James Cahill	John Waddy (Lib)	Nicholas Gorshenin (Ind)
Kogarah	Labor	Bill Crabtree	Albert Oakey (Lib)	Hubert O'Connell (DLP)
Kurri Kurri	Labor	Ken Booth
Lake Macquarie	Labor	Jim Simpson	John Wassell (Lib)
Lakemba	Labor	Vince Durick	Arthur Parry (Lib)
Lane Cove	Liberal		Ken McCaw (Lib)	Edward Connolly (DLP)
Lismore	Labor	Keith Compton	Bruce Duncan* (CP) Alan Henderson (Lib) Digby Wilson (CP)
Liverpool	Labor	Jack Mannix	Warren Glenny (Lib)	Harry Cole (DLP) Ronald Marriott (CPA)
Maitland	Liberal	Wallace Fitzgerald	Milton Morris (Lib)
Manly	Independent		Barton Higgs (Lib)	Douglas Darby* (Ind Lib) Albert Thompson (Ind)
Maroubra	Labor	Bob Heffron	Harold Heslehurst (Lib)	Thomas Bamborough (Ind) Stanley Sharkey (CPA)
Marrickville	Labor	Norm Ryan	Neville Glass (Lib)
Monaro	Labor	John Seiffert Jr	Steve Mauger* (Lib) Keith Phillis (CP)
Mosman	Liberal		Pat Morton (Lib)	Francis Hicks (DLP)
Mudgee	Labor	Leo Nott	Dick Evans (Lib) Emile Moufarrige (CP)
Murray	Country	George Xeros	Joe Lawson (CP)
Murrumbidgee	Labor	Al Grassby	Eric Baldwin (CP) Michael Lowing (Lib)	John Troy (DLP)
Nepean	Labor	Alfred Bennett	Ron Dunbier (Lib)	John Park (Ind) Albert Perish (DLP) Ronald Sarina (Ind) Kathleen Whitten (Ind)
Newcastle	Labor	Frank Hawkins	Stewart Mordue (Lib)	Mervyn Copley (CPA)
Orange	Country	Kevin Whalan	Charles Cutler (CP)
Oxley	Liberal	Joseph Andrews	Les Jordan (Lib)	Joe Cordner (Ind)
Parramatta	Labor	Dan Mahoney	Paul Bland (Lib)	Hans Andreasson (DLP)
Phillip	Labor	Pat Hills	Kenneth McKimm (Lib)	Walter Buckley (CPA) John Walsh (Ind)
Raleigh	Country	Robert Melville	Jim Brown (CP)
Randwick	Labor	Lionel Bowen	Sidney Pitkethly (Lib)
Redfern	Labor	Fred Green	Gerald Bayliss (Lib)	Cecil Sharrock (CPA)
Rockdale	Labor	Brian Bannon	Angus Bristow (Lib)	Keith Richardson (Ind)
Ryde	Labor	Frank Downing	Henry Mitchell (Lib)	Thomas Kennedy (DLP)
South Coast	Liberal		Jack Beale (Lib)	Noel Williams (Ind)
Sturt	Labor	William Wattison	Edward Brown (CP)
Sutherland	Labor	Tom Dalton	Tim Walker (Lib)	William Goslett (DLP)
Tamworth	Country	Stanley Cole	Bill Chaffey (CP)
Temora	Country	John Herridge	Jim Taylor (CP)
Tenterfield	Country	Eric Potter	Tim Bruxner (CP)
The Hills	Liberal	Alan Francis	Max Ruddock (Lib)
Upper Hunter	Country	Leslie Uhrig	Frank O'Keefe (CP)
Vaucluse	Liberal		Keith Doyle (Lib)	Edward Byrnes (DLP) Kevin McDermott (Ind)
Wagga Wagga	Liberal	John Skeers	Wal Fife (Lib)	Anthony Abbey (DLP)
Wakehurst	Liberal	Geoffrey Mill	Dick Healey (Lib)	Frederick Jones (Ind)
Waratah	Independent	Sam Jones		Jack Collins (DLP) Brian Morgan (Ind) Frank Purdue (Ind)
Wentworthville	Labor	Ernie Quinn	Ralph Stewart (Lib)	Arthur Byrnes (DLP) Albert Hahn (Ind)
Willoughby	Liberal	Eddie Britt	George Brain (Lib)
Wollondilly	Liberal	Patrick O'Halloran	Tom Lewis (Lib)
Wollongong-Kembla	Labor	Doug Porter	Jack Hough (Lib)	Peter Barnes (Ind) Andrew Gibson (Ind)
Wyong	Labor	Harry Jensen	Kenneth Charters	Hugh Ansell (DLP)
Young	Country	Robert Rygate	George Freudenstein (CP)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968

References

• Green, Antony. "1965 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.