Candidates of the 1968 New South Wales state election explained

This is a list of candidates of the 1968 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 24 February 1968.

Retiring Members

Note: The Liberal MLA for Bligh, Morton Cohen, died shortly before the election. No by-election was held.

Labor

Liberal

Country

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.

ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateOther candidates
Douglas McFarlane Gordon Mackie (Lib) Anthony Quinn (DLP)
Joseph Dawson Davis Hughes (CP)
Charles Maddocks David Hunter (Lib)
Peter Cox Gregory Ricardo (Lib)
Peter Middleton (Lib) Nick Origlass (Ind)
Nick Kearns John Ghent (Lib)
Cecil Newton Geoff Crawford (CP) David Aiken (NSM)
Clarrie Earl Neil Davis (Lib)
Clive Osborne (CP)
Jim Southee Ralph Stewart (Lib) Kenneth Brown (DLP)
Thomas Morey John Barraclough (Lib) Henry Bader (DLP)
Peter Clyne (Ind)
James Robson Harold Coates
Syd Einfeld James Markham (Lib)
Lew Johnstone Edward Brown (Lib)
Rex Jackson Ronald White (Lib)
Paul Khoury Dick Evans (Lib)
Roger Wotton* (CP)
Bill Sheahan Douglas Boag (CP)
Leon Garry (Lib)
Anthony Abbey (DLP)
Antony Kelly John Jackett (Lib) Ben Doig (Ind)
James Constable Stanley Stephens (CP)
Francis Ward Max Dunbier (Lib)
Kevin Stewart Stanley Squire (Lib) Jack Mundey (CPA)
Jack Renshaw Allan Connell (Lib)
Doug Moppett (CP)
George Neilly Robert Brown (Ind)
Bill Weiley (CP) Garry Nehl (NSM)
David Lawler Robert Askin (Lib)
Kevin Ellis (Lib) John Cunningham (DLP)
Lincoln Oppenheimer (Ind)
Tom Cahill James Harris (Lib)
Donald Heggie (Lib) Charles Birch (Ind)
Mary Hargrave (Ind)
John Cudmore Ian Griffith (Lib) Alexander Elphinston (CPA)
Kevin Ryan (DLP)
Reg Coady John Howard (Lib) Mick Carroll (DLP)
Robert Scarff John Mason (Lib)
Cavell Becher Eric Willis (Lib)
Joe Kelly John Colley (Lib) Harold McIlveen (Ind)
George Keniry Jim Clough (Lib)
Frank Calabro (Lib)
Frank Downing Peter Coleman (Lib) Mel Antcliff (DLP)
Ernest Curlisa Douglas Cross (Lib)
Philip Jackson Leon Punch (CP) Charles Buckingham (Ind)
Bob Scott (Ind)
John Tully (Ind)
Norman Hanscombe Harry Jago (Lib) Dominique Droulers (DLP)
Ted Humphries (Lib) Thomas Crass (DLP)
John Longhurst Ron Brewer (CP) Kenneth Clancy (DLP)
Pat Flaherty Stewart Allan (Lib)
Robert McCartney James Reeves (Lib)
Bernie Deane (Lib) Leslie Clarke (DLP)
William Murray (ARP)
Rodney Rose (Ind)
Kenneth Reid John Maddison (Lib) Anthony Felton (DLP)
Tom Mead (Lib) Kevin Davis (DLP)
Jack Stewart Roy Hammond (Lib) William Crane (DLP)
Darrell Dawson (CPA)
William Fricker (Ind)
Jack Walker (Lib) Teresa Gibbins (Ind)
Thomas Malcolm (Ind)
Melva Merletto (CPA)
Albert Sloss Alfred Van Der Poorten (Lib) Brian Crispin (CPA)
Martyn Harper (Nat Dem)
Alan Newbury John Waddy (Lib) Luigi Lamprati (DLP)
Bill Crabtree Albert Oakey (Lib) Brian Harnett (DLP)
Jim Simpson Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib)
Vince Durick Malcolm Broun (Lib) Annette Andrew (DLP)
Frank Ball (Ind)
Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind)
James Westerway Ken McCaw (Lib) Antony Liddle (DLP)
Barrie Eggins Bruce Duncan (CP)
Jack Mannix Kenneth Laing (Lib) Edward Connolly (DLP)
Michael Tubbs (CPA)
George Lyons Milton Morris (Lib) Aubrey Barr (DLP)
Daniel Dwyer Douglas Darby (Lib) Ann Macken (DLP)
Eric Riches (Ind)
Vincent Rizner (Ind)
Desmond Cahill (Lib)
Norm Ryan Jonathan Fowler (Lib)
Jack Ferguson Stanislaus Kelly (Lib)
David Lowrey Steve Mauger (Lib)
Lipanjka Dezelin Pat Morton (Lib) Geoffrey Hicks (DLP)
Henry O'Callaghan Bruce Birrell (CP)
Michael Butler (Lib)
Donald Kendell (CP)
Victor Groutsch (DLP)
Joe Lawson* (Ind)
Al Grassby Eric Baldwin (CP)
Verdon Letheren (Lib)
Leslie Kennedy (DLP)
Ron Dunbier (Lib)
Malcolm Barnes (Lib) Douglas McDougall (Ind)
Pauline Unsworth Jim Cameron (Lib) John Kennedy (DLP)
Reginald Cutcliffe Charles Cutler (CP)
Bruce Cowan (CP) Joe Cordner (Ind)
Dan Mahoney Hilton Robinson (Lib) Leonard Kiernan (RTP)
Wayne Merton (Ind)
John Stewart (DLP)
Pat Hills Terence Tomlin (Lib) Doris Brown (DLP)
Jim Brown (CP) Aubrey Barker (NSM)
Lionel Bowen John McLaughlin (Lib) Cornelius Woodbury (DLP)
Brian Bannon Harold Heslehurst (Lib) Peter Height (DLP)
Jack Beale (Lib) John Hatton (Ind)
Tom Dalton Tim Walker (Lib) William Goslett (DLP)
Bill Chaffey (CP) Stanley Cole (Ind)
Alexander Dickinson (NSM)
John O'Hara Jim Taylor (CP) Garry Carroll (DLP)
Dorothy Frank (Ind)
Ronald Grafton Tim Bruxner (CP)
Eli Hirsch Max Ruddock (Lib) Michael Fagan (DLP)
Keith Phillis (Ind)
Leo Musgrave Frank O'Keefe (CP)
William Ross Keith Doyle (Lib) Hugh Bartlett (DLP)
John Skeers Wal Fife (Lib) Peter Piltz (DLP)
Dick Healey (Lib) Lyle Antcliff (DLP)
Ken Booth William Gilchrist (Lib) Donald Richards (DLP)
Sam Jones Frank Purdue (Ind)
Ernie Quinn Richard Gregory (Lib) Albert Hall (RTP)
Laurie McGinty (Lib) Peter Ledlin (DLP)
Bernard Carroll Tom Lewis (Lib)
Jack Hough (Lib) Anthony Bevan (Ind)
Walter Green (Ind)
Harry Jensen Frederick Vaughan (Lib) Jack Collins (DLP)
Thomas Murphy Lerryn Mutton (Lib) Maxwell Martin (DLP)
Kevin Whalan George Freudenstein (CP) James Manwaring (DLP)

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