Candidates of the 1968 New South Wales state election

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

• Howard Fowles MLA (Illawarra)
• Fred Green MLA (Redfern)
• Frank Hawkins MLA (Newcastle)
• Bob Heffron MLA (Botany)
• Leo Nott MLA (Mudgee)
• Cliff Mallam MLA (Dulwich Hill)
• John McMahon MLA (Balmain)
• William Wattison MLA (Sturt)

Liberal

• George Brain MLA (Willoughby)

Country

• Richmond Manyweathers MLA (Casino)

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.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albury	Liberal	Douglas McFarlane	Gordon Mackie (Lib)	Anthony Quinn (DLP)
Armidale	Country	Joseph Dawson	Davis Hughes (CP)
Ashfield	Liberal	Charles Maddocks	David Hunter (Lib)
Auburn	Labor	Peter Cox	Gregory Ricardo (Lib)
Balmain	Labor	Roger Degen	Peter Middleton (Lib)	Nick Origlass (Ind)
Bankstown	Labor	Nick Kearns	John Ghent (Lib)
Barwon	Country	Cecil Newton	Geoff Crawford (CP)	David Aiken (NSM)
Bass Hill	Labor	Clarrie Earl	Neil Davis (Lib)
Bathurst	Country	Ken Fry	Clive Osborne (CP)
Blacktown	Labor	Jim Southee	Ralph Stewart (Lib)	Kenneth Brown (DLP)
Bligh	Liberal	Thomas Morey	John Barraclough (Lib)	Henry Bader (DLP) Peter Clyne (Ind)
Blue Mountains	Independent	James Robson		Harold Coates* (Ind) David Westgate (DLP)
Bondi	Labor	Syd Einfeld	James Markham (Lib)
Broken Hill	Labor	Lew Johnstone	Edward Brown (Lib)
Bulli	Labor	Rex Jackson	Ronald White (Lib)
Burrendong	Country	Paul Khoury	Dick Evans (Lib) Roger Wotton* (CP)
Burrinjuck	Labor	Bill Sheahan	Douglas Boag (CP) Leon Garry (Lib)	Anthony Abbey (DLP)
Burwood	Liberal	Antony Kelly	John Jackett (Lib)	Ben Doig (Ind)
Byron	Country	James Constable	Stanley Stephens (CP)
Campbelltown	Liberal	Francis Ward	Max Dunbier (Lib)
Canterbury	Labor	Kevin Stewart	Stanley Squire (Lib)	Jack Mundey (CPA)
Castlereagh	Labor	Jack Renshaw	Allan Connell (Lib) Doug Moppett (CP)
Cessnock	Labor	George Neilly		Robert Brown (Ind)
Clarence	Country		Bill Weiley (CP)	Garry Nehl (NSM)
Collaroy	Liberal	David Lawler	Robert Askin (Lib)
Coogee	Liberal	Lou Walsh	Kevin Ellis (Lib)	John Cunningham (DLP) Lincoln Oppenheimer (Ind)
Cook's River	Labor	Tom Cahill	James Harris (Lib)
Corrimal	Labor	Laurie Kelly	Donald Heggie (Lib)	Charles Birch (Ind) Mary Hargrave (Ind)
Cronulla	Liberal	John Cudmore	Ian Griffith (Lib)	Alexander Elphinston (CPA) Kevin Ryan (DLP)
Drummoyne	Liberal	Reg Coady	John Howard (Lib)	Mick Carroll (DLP)
Dubbo	Liberal	Robert Scarff	John Mason (Lib)
Earlwood	Liberal	Cavell Becher	Eric Willis (Lib)
East Hills	Labor	Joe Kelly	John Colley (Lib)	Harold McIlveen (Ind)
Eastwood	Liberal	George Keniry	Jim Clough (Lib)
Fairfield	Labor	Eric Bedford	Frank Calabro (Lib)
Fuller	Liberal	Frank Downing	Peter Coleman (Lib)	Mel Antcliff (DLP)
Georges River	Liberal	Ernest Curlisa	Douglas Cross (Lib)
Gloucester	Country	Philip Jackson	Leon Punch (CP)	Charles Buckingham (Ind) Bob Scott (Ind) John Tully (Ind)
Gordon	Liberal	Norman Hanscombe	Harry Jago (Lib)	Dominique Droulers (DLP)
Gosford	Liberal	Peter Westerway	Ted Humphries (Lib)	Thomas Crass (DLP)
Goulburn	Country	John Longhurst	Ron Brewer (CP)	Kenneth Clancy (DLP)
Granville	Labor	Pat Flaherty	Stewart Allan (Lib)
Hamilton	Labor	Robert McCartney	James Reeves (Lib)
Hawkesbury	Liberal	Dick Klugman	Bernie Deane (Lib)	Leslie Clarke (DLP) William Murray (ARP) Rodney Rose (Ind)
Hornsby	Liberal	Kenneth Reid	John Maddison (Lib)	Anthony Felton (DLP)
Hurstville	Liberal	Bill Rigby	Tom Mead (Lib)	Kevin Davis (DLP)
Kahibah	Labor	Jack Stewart	Roy Hammond (Lib)	William Crane (DLP) Darrell Dawson (CPA) William Fricker (Ind)
Kembla	Labor	George Petersen	Jack Walker (Lib)	Teresa Gibbins (Ind) Thomas Malcolm (Ind) Melva Merletto (CPA)
King	Labor	Albert Sloss	Alfred Van Der Poorten (Lib)	Brian Crispin (CPA) Martyn Harper (Nat Dem)
Kirribilli	Liberal	Alan Newbury	John Waddy (Lib)	Luigi Lamprati (DLP)
Kogarah	Labor	Bill Crabtree	Albert Oakey (Lib)	Brian Harnett (DLP)
Lake Macquarie	Labor	Jim Simpson	Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib)
Lakemba	Labor	Vince Durick	Malcolm Broun (Lib)	Annette Andrew (DLP) Frank Ball (Ind) Lancelot Hutchinson (Ind)
Lane Cove	Liberal	James Westerway	Ken McCaw (Lib)	Antony Liddle (DLP)
Lismore	Country	Barrie Eggins	Bruce Duncan (CP)
Liverpool	Labor	Jack Mannix	Kenneth Laing (Lib)	Edward Connolly (DLP) Michael Tubbs (CPA)
Maitland	Liberal	George Lyons	Milton Morris (Lib)	Aubrey Barr (DLP)
Manly	Liberal	Daniel Dwyer	Douglas Darby (Lib)	Ann Macken (DLP) Eric Riches (Ind) Vincent Rizner (Ind)
Maroubra	Labor	Bill Haigh	Desmond Cahill (Lib)
Marrickville	Labor	Norm Ryan	Jonathan Fowler (Lib)
Merrylands	Labor	Jack Ferguson	Stanislaus Kelly (Lib)
Monaro	Liberal	David Lowrey	Steve Mauger (Lib)
Mosman	Liberal	Lipanjka Dezelin	Pat Morton (Lib)	Geoffrey Hicks (DLP)
Murray	Country	Henry O'Callaghan	Bruce Birrell (CP) Michael Butler (Lib) Donald Kendell (CP)	Victor Groutsch (DLP) Joe Lawson* (Ind)
Murrumbidgee	Country	Al Grassby	Eric Baldwin (CP) Verdon Letheren (Lib)	Leslie Kennedy (DLP)
Nepean	Liberal	Alfred Bennett	Ron Dunbier (Lib)
Newcastle	Labor	Arthur Wade	Malcolm Barnes (Lib)	Douglas McDougall (Ind)
Northcott	Liberal	Pauline Unsworth	Jim Cameron (Lib)	John Kennedy (DLP)
Orange	Country	Reginald Cutcliffe	Charles Cutler (CP)
Oxley	Country		Bruce Cowan (CP)	Joe Cordner (Ind)
Parramatta	Labor	Dan Mahoney	Hilton Robinson (Lib)	Leonard Kiernan (RTP) Wayne Merton (Ind) John Stewart (DLP)
Phillip	Labor	Pat Hills	Terence Tomlin (Lib)	Doris Brown (DLP)
Raleigh	Country	Robert Melville	Jim Brown (CP)	Aubrey Barker (NSM)
Randwick	Labor	Lionel Bowen	John McLaughlin (Lib)	Cornelius Woodbury (DLP)
Rockdale	Labor	Brian Bannon	Harold Heslehurst (Lib)	Peter Height (DLP)
South Coast	Liberal		Jack Beale (Lib)	John Hatton (Ind)
Sutherland	Liberal	Tom Dalton	Tim Walker (Lib)	William Goslett (DLP)
Tamworth	Country		Bill Chaffey (CP)	Stanley Cole (Ind) Alexander Dickinson (NSM)
Temora	Country	John O'Hara	Jim Taylor (CP)	Garry Carroll (DLP) Dorothy Frank (Ind)
Tenterfield	Country	Ronald Grafton	Tim Bruxner (CP)
The Hills	Liberal	Eli Hirsch	Max Ruddock (Lib)	Michael Fagan (DLP) Keith Phillis (Ind)
Upper Hunter	Country	Leo Musgrave	Frank O'Keefe (CP)
Vaucluse	Liberal	William Ross	Keith Doyle (Lib)	Hugh Bartlett (DLP)
Wagga Wagga	Liberal	John Skeers	Wal Fife (Lib)	Peter Piltz (DLP)
Wakehurst	Liberal	Dorothy Isaksen	Dick Healey (Lib)	Lyle Antcliff (DLP)
Wallsend	Labor	Ken Booth	William Gilchrist (Lib)	Donald Richards (DLP)
Waratah	Labor	Sam Jones		Frank Purdue (Ind)
Wentworthville	Labor	Ernie Quinn	Richard Gregory (Lib)	Albert Hall (RTP)
Willoughby	Liberal	Eddie Britt	Laurie McGinty (Lib)	Peter Ledlin (DLP)
Wollondilly	Labor	Bernard Carroll	Tom Lewis (Lib)
Wollongong	Liberal	Eric Ramsay	Jack Hough (Lib)	Anthony Bevan (Ind) Walter Green (Ind)
Wyong	Labor	Harry Jensen	Frederick Vaughan (Lib)	Jack Collins (DLP)
Yaralla	Liberal	Thomas Murphy	Lerryn Mutton (Lib)	Maxwell Martin (DLP)
Young	Country	Kevin Whalan	George Freudenstein (CP)	James Manwaring (DLP)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1968–1971

References

• Green, Antony. "1968 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.