The 1941 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting.
The sitting member for Castlereagh, Alfred Yeo (Country), was concerned that the redistribution had made it a Labor seat and he unsuccessfully contested Liverpool Plains.
The sitting member Harry Carter (Country) retired. Alfred Yeo (Country) was the sitting member for Castlereagh.
Arthur Williams won the seat at the 1940 by-election, but after the re-distribution, chose to contest Georges River instead and Labor did not field a candidate. Eric Solomon was the member for the abolished seat of Petersham. James Shand was the member for the abolished seat of Hornsby and had been denied pre-selection.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |After distribution of preferences