This is a list of candidates of the 1965 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 1 May 1965.
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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert White | James Griffiths (CP) Gordon Mackie* (Lib) | Leo Keane (DLP) | ||||
| Patrick McGee | Davis Hughes (CP) | |||||
| Wadim Jegorow | David Hunter (Lib) | Raymond Sharrock (Ind) | ||||
| Neil Davis (Lib) | ||||||
| John McMahon | Elton Lewis (Lib) | Harry Black (CPA) | ||||
| Nick Kearns | David Cowan (Lib) | Frank Bollins (CPA) | ||||
| Cecil Newton | Geoff Crawford (CP) | |||||
| Clarrie Earl | William Pardy (Lib) | John Sawyer (Ind) | ||||
| Gus Kelly | Clive Osborne (CP) French Smith (Lib) | |||||
| Jim Southee | Denys Clarke (Lib) | Malcolm Towner (Ind) | ||||
| Tom Morey | Morton Cohen (Lib) | John Kenny (DLP) | ||||
| Abe Landa | John Barraclough (Lib) | |||||
| Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Sara Bowen (CPA) Mary Hargrave (Ind) | ||||
| Bill Sheahan | Stanley Ablamowicz (Lib) Douglas Boag (CP) | |||||
| Norman Newey | John Jackett (Lib) | Ben Doig (Ind Lib) | ||||
| James Constable | Stanley Stephens (CP) | |||||
| Kevin Stewart | Colin McPhee (Lib) | |||||
| Richmond Manyweathers (CP) | ||||||
| Jack Renshaw | Doug Moppett (CP) William Waterford (Lib) | Angus Campbell (Ind) | ||||
| George Neilly | Charles Dumbrell (CPA) Hilton Smith (DLP) | |||||
| Philip Parsonage | Bill Weiley (CP) | |||||
| Allan Connell (Lib) | William Edwards (Ind) Douglas McFarlane (Ind) | |||||
| William Bramwell | Robert Askin (Lib) | Elfrida Morcom (CPA) | ||||
| Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | William Doherty (DLP) | ||||
| Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Philip Cohen (DLP) | ||||
| Tom Cahill | Louis Mamo (Lib) | |||||
| Wallace Page | Ian Griffith (Lib) | Alexander Elphinston (CPA) | ||||
| Reg Coady | George Chambers (Lib) | Edwin Carr (DLP) | ||||
| Kenneth Mason | Roderick Mack (CP) John Mason* (Lib) | |||||
| Cliff Mallam | Russell Carter (Lib) | |||||
| Harry Chandler | Eric Willis (Lib) | |||||
| Joe Kelly | John Colley (Lib) | Russell Duncan (Ind) Harold McIlveen (Ind) Jack Mingramm (Ind) Norman Weeks (Ind) | ||||
| George Keniry | Jim Clough (Lib) | Doris Brauer (DLP) Marion Hearnshaw (Ind) | ||||
| Jack Ferguson | Stanislaus Kelly (Lib) | Andrew Murphy (DLP) | ||||
| William Robinson | Douglas Cross (Lib) | |||||
| Leon Punch (CP) | Bob Scott (Ind) | |||||
| Harry Jago (Lib) | Dominique Droulers (DLP) | |||||
| Kevin Dwyer | Ted Humphries (Lib) | Michael Dwyer (DLP) | ||||
| Ernest McDermott | Ron Brewer | |||||
| Pat Flaherty | Terence Quinn (Lib) | Andrew Diehm (DLP) | ||||
| Robert McCartney | Richard Nathan (Lib) | |||||
| James Robson | Laurence Breen (DLP) Harold Coates* (Ind) | |||||
| Lawrence Kaufmann | Bernie Deane (Lib) | Malcolm Tarlton-Rayment (Ind) | ||||
| Terrence Foster | John Maddison (Lib) | Anthony Felton (DLP) | ||||
| Bill Rigby | Tom Mead (Lib) | Kevin Davis (DLP) | ||||
| Howard Fowles | John Poel (Lib) | Robert Webster (CPA) | ||||
| Jack Stewart | Wallace MacDonald (Lib) | |||||
| Albert Sloss | John Partridge (Lib) | Ron Maxwell (CPA) | ||||
| James Cahill | John Waddy (Lib) | Nicholas Gorshenin (Ind) | ||||
| Bill Crabtree | Albert Oakey (Lib) | Hubert O'Connell (DLP) | ||||
| Ken Booth | ||||||
| Jim Simpson | John Wassell (Lib) | |||||
| Vince Durick | Arthur Parry (Lib) | |||||
| Ken McCaw (Lib) | Edward Connolly (DLP) | |||||
| Keith Compton | Bruce Duncan | |||||
| Jack Mannix | Warren Glenny (Lib) | Harry Cole (DLP) Ronald Marriott (CPA) | ||||
| Wallace Fitzgerald | Milton Morris (Lib) | |||||
| Barton Higgs (Lib) | Douglas Darby | |||||
| Bob Heffron | Harold Heslehurst (Lib) | Thomas Bamborough (Ind) Stanley Sharkey (CPA) | ||||
| Norm Ryan | Neville Glass (Lib) | |||||
| John Seiffert Jr | Steve Mauger | |||||
| Pat Morton (Lib) | Francis Hicks (DLP) | |||||
| Leo Nott | Dick Evans (Lib) Emile Moufarrige (CP) | |||||
| George Xeros | Joe Lawson (CP) | |||||
| Eric Baldwin (CP) Michael Lowing (Lib) | John Troy (DLP) | |||||
| Alfred Bennett | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | John Park (Ind) Albert Perish (DLP) Ronald Sarina (Ind) Kathleen Whitten (Ind) | ||||
| Frank Hawkins | Stewart Mordue (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) | ||||
| Kevin Whalan | Charles Cutler (CP) | |||||
| Joseph Andrews | Les Jordan (Lib) | Joe Cordner (Ind) | ||||
| Dan Mahoney | Paul Bland (Lib) | Hans Andreasson (DLP) | ||||
| Pat Hills | Kenneth McKimm (Lib) | Walter Buckley (CPA) John Walsh (Ind) | ||||
| Jim Brown (CP) | ||||||
| Lionel Bowen | Sidney Pitkethly (Lib) | |||||
| Fred Green | Gerald Bayliss (Lib) | Cecil Sharrock (CPA) | ||||
| Brian Bannon | Angus Bristow (Lib) | Keith Richardson (Ind) | ||||
| Frank Downing | Henry Mitchell (Lib) | Thomas Kennedy (DLP) | ||||
| Jack Beale (Lib) | Noel Williams (Ind) | |||||
| William Wattison | Edward Brown (CP) | |||||
| Tom Dalton | Tim Walker (Lib) | William Goslett (DLP) | ||||
| Stanley Cole | Bill Chaffey (CP) | |||||
| John Herridge | Jim Taylor (CP) | |||||
| Eric Potter | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |||||
| Alan Francis | Max Ruddock (Lib) | |||||
| Leslie Uhrig | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | |||||
| Keith Doyle (Lib) | Edward Byrnes (DLP) Kevin McDermott (Ind) | |||||
| John Skeers | Wal Fife (Lib) | Anthony Abbey (DLP) | ||||
| Geoffrey Mill | Dick Healey (Lib) | Frederick Jones (Ind) | ||||
| Jack Collins (DLP) Brian Morgan (Ind) Frank Purdue (Ind) | ||||||
| Ernie Quinn | Ralph Stewart (Lib) | Arthur Byrnes (DLP) Albert Hahn (Ind) | ||||
| George Brain (Lib) | ||||||
| Patrick O'Halloran | Tom Lewis (Lib) | |||||
| Doug Porter | Jack Hough (Lib) | Peter Barnes (Ind) Andrew Gibson (Ind) | ||||
| Kenneth Charters | Hugh Ansell (DLP) | |||||
| Robert Rygate | George Freudenstein (CP) |