This is a list of candidates of the 1947 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 May 1947.
William McKell (Labor, Redfern) resigned in February 1947; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hurley | Doug Padman (Lib-CP) | |||||
| Bob Gorman | George Stanley (LL) | |||||
| Francis Harvison | David Drummond (CP) | |||||
| Edgar Dring | Holman Cockram (Lib) Hilton Elliott (CP) | |||||
| Athol Richardson (Lib) | ||||||
| Frank Peffer | Chris Lang (LL) | |||||
| Alexander Kerr (Ind) Stanley Roy (CPA) | ||||||
| Mary Quirk | Eddington Sherwood (Lib) | Malinda Ivey (Ind) Stan Moran (CPA) Ronald Sarina (Ind) | ||||
| James McGirr | John Byrne (Lib) | Ernest Callaghan (LL) George Durrance (Ind) | ||||
| Roy Heferen | Geoff Crawford (CP) Ernest Ellis (CP) | |||||
| Gus Kelly | Walter L'Estrange (Lib) | |||||
| John Freeman | Francis Izon (Lib) | Ian Grant (LL) Frederick Wingrave (CPA) | ||||
| Abe Landa | William McNally (Lib) | Bessie Frewin (LL) | ||||
| Bob Heffron | ||||||
| Hector MacKay (Ind Lab) John Martin (CPA) | ||||||
| George Russell | Gordon Jackett (Lib) | |||||
| Stanley Stephens (CP) | Christopher Grant (Ind) | |||||
| Arthur Tonge | John Paget (Lib) | |||||
| Harold Edwards | John Reid (CP) | |||||
| Jack Renshaw | Richard Powell (CP) | |||||
| Jack Baddeley | Charles Evans (CPA) William May (Ind Lab) | |||||
| Cecil Wingfield (CP) | ||||||
| Mat Davidson | ||||||
| Bill Carlton | Brice Mutton (Lib) | |||||
| Lou Cunningham | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | |||||
| Joseph Cahill | John Hamilton (LL) | |||||
| James Adam | Ebenezer Kendell (CP) | |||||
| Clive Leroy | David Hunter (Lib) | |||||
| Robert Greig | Robert Dewley (Lib) | |||||
| Clarrie Robertson | Clarence Cook (Lib) Thelma Harvey (CP) | |||||
| George Weir | John Adamson (Lib) | |||||
| Arthur Williams | Ray Watson (Lib) | |||||
| Alan Borthwick (Lib) Donald Mackay (CP) | Ray Fitzgerald (Ind) | |||||
| James Bogan (Ind) Edwin Dark (Ind) | ||||||
| Harry Turner (Lib) | James O'Toole (Ind) | |||||
| Laurie Tully | William Bladwell (Lib-CP) | |||||
| Bill Lamb | Frederick Cruse (LL) | |||||
| Joshua Arthur | Oscar Newton (Lib) | William Lambert (LL) Harold Scott-Daisley (Ind) | ||||
| Hamilton Knight | John King (CPA) | |||||
| Frank Finnan | Bernie Deane (Lib) Edward Mann (CP) | |||||
| George Manuel | Sydney Storey (Lib) | Charles Somerville (Ind) | ||||
| Jeffrey Blaxland (Lib) | ||||||
| Clive Evatt | Leslie Webster (Lib) | |||||
| Howard Fowles | Arthur Butfield (CP) Neville Carey (Lib) | |||||
| Daniel Clyne | Roberta Galagher (Lib) | Horace Foley (LL) Frederick Haimes (CPA) | ||||
| William Currey | George Evans (Lib) | |||||
| George Booth | Robert Chapman (CPA) | |||||
| John Chanter | Robert Medcalf (CP) | Madge Roberts (Ind) | ||||
| Daniel Clifton (Lib) | ||||||
| Fred Stanley | William Dowe (Ind) Adam Ogston (CPA) Harry Robson (Ind) | |||||
| Henry Woodward | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Leslie Greenfield (CPA) | ||||
| Claude Matthews | ||||||
| William Frith (CP) | Frederick Stoker (Ind) | |||||
| Roger Nott | Cleve Slacksmith (CP) | |||||
| Walter Howarth (Lib) | ||||||
| Douglas Darby (Lib) | ||||||
| Carlo Lazzarini | William McCristal (Ind) | |||||
| John Seiffert | William Bruce (Lib) | |||||
| Pat Morton (Lib) | Donald Macdonald (Ind) | |||||
| Bill Dunn | Frederick Cooke (CP) | |||||
| James Flood | Joe Lawson (CP) | |||||
| George Enticknap | John Thorne (CP) | |||||
| Raymond Hamilton | Malcolm Heath (CP) | |||||
| Earle Cameron | Joseph Jackson (Lib) | |||||
| Ivan Black (Lib) | Jack Prior (Ind) | |||||
| Frank Hawkins | Trebor Edmunds (Lib) | |||||
| Lilian Fowler (LL) | ||||||
| Freda Brown (CPA) | ||||||
| James Geraghty | William Travers (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) | ||||
| Bob O'Halloran | Charles Cutler (CP) Thomas Whiteley (Lib) | |||||
| Les Jordan (CP) | ||||||
| Maurice O'Sullivan | Owen Cahill (LL) Jonno Hodgson (PLP) Phyllis Johnson (CPA) | |||||
| William Browne | George Gollan (Lib) | Charles Brown (Ind) | ||||
| Tom Shannon | Henry Dixon (Ind) Michael Moore (LL) Thomas Payne (CPA) | |||||
| Roy Vincent (CP) | Millicent Christian (Ind Lab) | |||||
| William Gollan | Thomas Murphy (Lib) | |||||
| Frederick Fairbrother (PLP) Jack Miles (CPA) Edward Waters (LL) | ||||||
| John McGrath | George McGuire (Lib) | |||||
| Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) | Robert O'Neile (Ind) | |||||
| Richard Bush (Lib) | Jack Beale (Ind) | |||||
| Bill Chaffey (CP) | ||||||
| Percy Lucas | Doug Dickson (CP) | |||||
| Michael Bruxner (CP) | ||||||
| John Speers | D'Arcy Rose (CP) | |||||
| Murray Robson | Frank Browne (Ind Lib) | |||||
| Eddie Graham | Ernest Wenke (CP) | |||||
| Robert Cameron | Stan Deacon (Ind) | |||||
| Clarrie Martin | Thomas Fairbairn (Lib) | |||||
| John McHugh | George Brain (Lib) | |||||
| James Walsh | Jeff Bate (Lib) | |||||
| Billy Davies | ||||||
| John Neale | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | |||||
| Bill Sheahan | Noel Barber (Lib) John MacKay (CP) | John Cusack (Ind) | ||||
| Fred Cahill | John Collins (CP) Percy Richardson (Lib) |