Candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 27 May 1944.

Retiring members

Democratic

• Herbert FitzSimons (Lane Cove)

Country

• Arthur Budd (Byron)

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	Democratic	John King	Alexander Mair (Dem)
Annandale	Labor	Bob Gorman		Arthur Hagen (Ind) Ross Pryor (LL)
Armidale	Country	Herbert Oxford	David Drummond (CP)
Ashburnham	Labor	Edgar Dring	Charles McCarron (CP)
Ashfield	Democratic	William Bodkin	Athol Richardson (Dem)
Auburn	Labor	Patrick Mooney		Jack Lang (LL)
Balmain	Labor	Mary Quirk	Malinda Ivey (Dem)	Stan Moran (CPA)
Bankstown	Labor	James McGirr		Stephen Roberts (LL)
Barwon	Labor	Roy Heferen		Ben Wade (Ind)
Bathurst	Labor	Gus Kelly	Archibald Gardiner (CP)
Blacktown	Labor	Frank Hill	Francis Izon (Dem)	William Morgan (LL) Lucy Steel (LL) Ray Watson (Ind)
Bondi	Labor	Abe Landa	Frank Browne (Dem)	Leslie Hallett (LL) Alfred Rosen (NOLP) Allan Stewart (LDP)
Botany	Labor	Bob Heffron
Bulli	Labor	John Sweeney		Lawrence Baines (Ind Lab) John Martin (CPA) Maurice Twomey (Ind Lab)
Burwood	Democratic	Cliff Mallam	Gordon Jackett (Dem)	Stanley Coulton (CPA) Keith Sutherland (LDP)
Byron	Country	Arthur Dodd	Stanley Stephens (CP)	John Regan (Ind Lab)
			Alick Buckley (CP) Frederick Stuart (CP)
Canterbury	Labor	Arthur Tonge		Claude Allen (LL)
Casino	Country	Denis Holmes	John Reid (CP)
Castlereagh	Labor	Jack Renshaw	Alfred Yeo (CP)
Cessnock	Labor	Jack Baddeley
Clarence	Country		Cecil Wingfield (CP)
Cobar	Labor	Mat Davidson		William Burgess (LL)
Concord	Labor	Bill Carlton	Roland Murray (Dem)	Brice Mutton (LDP) Gustav Truer (LL)
Coogee	Labor	Lou Cunningham	John Rubie (Dem)
Cook's River	Labor	Joseph Cahill
Corowa	Independent	Thomas McGrath	Ebenezer Kendell (CP)	Christopher Lethbridge (Ind)
Croydon	Democratic		David Hunter (Dem)	David Knox (Ind)
Drummoyne	Labor	Robert Greig	Russell Newton (Dem)	William Adkins (LDP) George Drummond (LL)
Dubbo	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	Leslie Clark (CP) Ernest Hoy (CP)
Dulwich Hill	Labor	George Weir	Sidney Turner (Dem)	John Laxton (Ind) Henry Ritchie (LL)
Georges River	Labor	Arthur Williams	Hedley Mallard (Dem)
Gloucester	Independent		Charles Bennett (CP) Harold Young (Dem)	Ray Fitzgerald (Ind)
Gordon	Democratic		Harry Turner (Dem)	Kenneth Lorimer (LDP)
Goulburn	Labor	Jack Tully
Granville	Labor	Bill Lamb		Wilfred O'Neill (LL)
Hamilton	Labor	Joshua Arthur		William Campbell (LL)
Hartley	Labor	Hamilton Knight
Hawkesbury	Labor	Frank Finnan	George Ardill (Dem) Ernest Batchelor (CP)
Hornsby	Ind Democrat		Howard Beale (Dem)	Sydney Storey (Ind Dem)
				James Mahony (LL)
Hurstville	Labor	Clive Evatt	Percy Macpherson (Dem)
Illawarra	Labor	Howard Fowles	John Hedge (Dem) Edward Spensley (CP)	Ronald Sarina (Ind)
King	Labor	Daniel Clyne		Horace Foley (LL)
Kogarah	Labor	William Currey	Robert Henderson (Dem)	Thomas Claydon (LDP)
Kurri Kurri	Labor	George Booth
Lachlan	Country	John Chanter		Joseph Sligar (Ind Lab)
Lakemba	Labor	Fred Stanley	William Crook (Dem)	Henry Mulcahy (LL) Adam Ogston (CPA)
Lane Cove	Democratic	Henry Woodward	John Cramer (Dem)	George Holloway (Ind) Norman Thomas (LDP)
Leichhardt	Labor	Claude Matthews		Francis Edgcumbe (Ind Lab) Charles Shields (Ind Lab)
Lismore	Country		William Frith (CP)	Warren Oakes (LL)
Liverpool Plains	Labor	Roger Nott	James Scott (CP)
Maitland	Democratic	William Lindsay	Walter Howarth (Dem)
Manly	Democratic	James Dunn	Stephen Stack (Dem)	Alfred Reid (Ind Dem)
				Eric White (LDP)
Marrickville	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini
Monaro	Labor	John Seiffert
Mosman	Independent		Frank Pursell (Dem)	Donald Macdonald (Ind)
				William Mason (LDP)
Mudgee	Labor	Bill Dunn		Frederick Cooke (Ind) Kevin Nott (Ind)
Murray	Country	James Flood	Joe Lawson (CP)
Murrumbidgee	Ind Labor	George Enticknap	Alan Malcolm (CP)
Namoi	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	Lancelot Thomas (CP)
Nepean	Ind Democrat	John Jackson	Allan Taylor (Dem)	Joseph Jackson (Ind Dem)
Neutral Bay	Democratic	George Manuel	Reginald Weaver (Dem)	James Rolle (LDP)
Newcastle	Labor	Frank Hawkins		Thomas Malone (LL)
Newtown	Labor	Frank Burke		Lilian Fowler (LL)
North Sydney	Labor	James Geraghty	William Harding (Dem)	Ainslie Beecraft (LL) Ebenezer Minnis (LDP)
Orange	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	John Caldwell (CP)
Oxley	Independent			Les Jordan (Ind CP)
				Edward Baxter (Ind Lab) Samuel Martin (Ind CP) William McCristal (ALM) George Mitchell (Ind) Charles Ryan (Ind CP)
Paddington	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan
Parramatta	Democratic	Arthur Treble	George Gollan (Dem)	William Long (Ind)
Phillip	Labor	Tom Shannon		Les Dorney (LL)
Raleigh	Country	Norman Long	Roy Vincent (CP)
Randwick	Labor	William Gollan	Bertram Butcher (Dem)	Arnold Barker (LDP)
Redfern	Labor	William McKell		Patrick Tyrrell (LL)
Rockdale	Labor	John McGrath	Henry Miller (Dem)	Enoch Jones (LDP) Thomas Whitehouse (Ind)
Ryde	Ind Democrat	Joseph Griffiths	Leslie Billington (Dem)	James Shand (Ind Dem)
				Frederick Burke (LL) Ernest Mead (LDP) Howard Miscamble (Ind)
South Coast	Independent		Charles Woodhill (Dem)	Jack Beale (Ind)
				Percy Treasure (Ind Dem) Herb Turner (Ind Lab)
Sturt	Labor	Ted Horsington
Tamworth	Independent			Bill Chaffey (Ind)
Temora	Country	Laurie Tully	Doug Dickson (CP)	James King (Ind Lab)
Tenterfield	Country		Michael Bruxner (CP)	Edward Ogilvie (Ind)
Upper Hunter	Country	Walter Geraghty	D'Arcy Rose (CP)
Vaucluse	Democratic		Murray Robson (Dem)
Wagga Wagga	Labor	Eddie Graham	John McInnes (CP)
Waratah	Labor	Robert Cameron		Stan Deacon (CPA) Leonard Sweeney (LL)
Waverley	Labor	Clarrie Martin
Willoughby	Democratic	Leo Haylen	George Brain (Dem)	Harrold Woodman (LDP)
Wollondilly	Democratic		Jeff Bate (Dem)	Patrick Kenna (Ind Lab) Gerald Wylie (LDP)
Wollongong-Kembla	Labor	Billy Davies
Woollahra	Democratic		Vernon Treatt (Dem)	Reg Bartley (Ind) Norman Jackson (Ind Lab)
Yass	Labor	Bill Sheahan
Young	Labor	Fred Cahill	Valentine Bragg (CP)

See also

• Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1944–1947

References

• Green, Antony. "1944 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.