Candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election
# Candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 27 May 1944.

## Retiring members

### Democratic

* Herbert FitzSimons (Lane Cove)

### Country

* Arthur Budd (Byron)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Albury | Democratic | John King | Alexander Mair (Dem) | |
| Annandale | Labor | Bob Gorman | | Arthur Hagen (Ind) Ross Pryor (LL) |
| Armidale | Country | Herbert Oxford | David Drummond (CP) | |
| Ashburnham | Labor | Edgar Dring | Charles McCarron (CP) | |
| Ashfield | Democratic | William Bodkin | Athol Richardson (Dem) | |
| Auburn | Labor | Patrick Mooney | | Jack Lang (LL) |
| Balmain | Labor | Mary Quirk | Malinda Ivey (Dem) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | James McGirr | | Stephen Roberts (LL) |
| Barwon | Labor | Roy Heferen | | Ben Wade (Ind) |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Archibald Gardiner (CP) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | Frank Hill | Francis Izon (Dem) | William Morgan (LL) Lucy Steel (LL) Ray Watson (Ind) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Frank Browne (Dem) | Leslie Hallett (LL) Alfred Rosen (NOLP) Allan Stewart (LDP) |
| Botany | Labor | Bob Heffron | | |
| Bulli | Labor | John Sweeney | | Lawrence Baines (Ind Lab) John Martin (CPA) Maurice Twomey (Ind Lab) |
| Burwood | Democratic | Cliff Mallam | Gordon Jackett (Dem) | Stanley Coulton (CPA) Keith Sutherland (LDP) |
| Byron | Country | Arthur Dodd | Stanley Stephens (CP) | John Regan (Ind Lab) |
| Byron | Country | Arthur Dodd | Alick Buckley (CP) Frederick Stuart (CP) | John Regan (Ind Lab) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | | Claude Allen (LL) |
| Casino | Country | Denis Holmes | John Reid (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Alfred Yeo (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | Jack Baddeley | | |
| Clarence | Country | | Cecil Wingfield (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Mat Davidson | | William Burgess (LL) |
| Concord | Labor | Bill Carlton | Roland Murray (Dem) | Brice Mutton (LDP) Gustav Truer (LL) |
| Coogee | Labor | Lou Cunningham | John Rubie (Dem) | |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | | |
| Corowa | Independent | Thomas McGrath | Ebenezer Kendell (CP) | Christopher Lethbridge (Ind) |
| Croydon | Democratic | | David Hunter (Dem) | David Knox (Ind) |
| Drummoyne | Labor | Robert Greig | Russell Newton (Dem) | William Adkins (LDP) George Drummond (LL) |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Leslie Clark (CP) Ernest Hoy (CP) | |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | George Weir | Sidney Turner (Dem) | John Laxton (Ind) Henry Ritchie (LL) |
| Georges River | Labor | Arthur Williams | Hedley Mallard (Dem) | |
| Gloucester | Independent | | Charles Bennett (CP) Harold Young (Dem) | Ray Fitzgerald (Ind) |
| Gordon | Democratic | | Harry Turner (Dem) | Kenneth Lorimer (LDP) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Jack Tully | | |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | | Wilfred O'Neill (LL) |
| Hamilton | Labor | Joshua Arthur | | William Campbell (LL) |
| Hartley | Labor | Hamilton Knight | | |
| Hawkesbury | Labor | Frank Finnan | George Ardill (Dem) Ernest Batchelor (CP) | |
| Hornsby | Ind Democrat | | Howard Beale (Dem) | Sydney Storey (Ind Dem) |
| Hornsby | Ind Democrat | | Howard Beale (Dem) | James Mahony (LL) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Clive Evatt | Percy Macpherson (Dem) | |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | John Hedge (Dem) Edward Spensley (CP) | Ronald Sarina (Ind) |
| King | Labor | Daniel Clyne | | Horace Foley (LL) |
| Kogarah | Labor | William Currey | Robert Henderson (Dem) | Thomas Claydon (LDP) |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | | |
| Lachlan | Country | John Chanter | | Joseph Sligar (Ind Lab) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Fred Stanley | William Crook (Dem) | Henry Mulcahy (LL) Adam Ogston (CPA) |
| Lane Cove | Democratic | Henry Woodward | John Cramer (Dem) | George Holloway (Ind) Norman Thomas (LDP) |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Claude Matthews | | Francis Edgcumbe (Ind Lab) Charles Shields (Ind Lab) |
| Lismore | Country | | William Frith (CP) | Warren Oakes (LL) |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | James Scott (CP) | |
| Maitland | Democratic | William Lindsay | Walter Howarth (Dem) | |
| Manly | Democratic | James Dunn | Stephen Stack (Dem) | Alfred Reid (Ind Dem) |
| Manly | Democratic | James Dunn | Stephen Stack (Dem) | Eric White (LDP) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini | | |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | | |
| Mosman | Independent | | Frank Pursell (Dem) | Donald Macdonald (Ind) |
| Mosman | Independent | | Frank Pursell (Dem) | William Mason (LDP) |
| Mudgee | Labor | Bill Dunn | | Frederick Cooke (Ind) Kevin Nott (Ind) |
| Murray | Country | James Flood | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Ind Labor | George Enticknap | Alan Malcolm (CP) | |
| Namoi | Labor | Raymond Hamilton | Lancelot Thomas (CP) | |
| Nepean | Ind Democrat | John Jackson | Allan Taylor (Dem) | Joseph Jackson (Ind Dem) |
| Neutral Bay | Democratic | George Manuel | Reginald Weaver (Dem) | James Rolle (LDP) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | | Thomas Malone (LL) |
| Newtown | Labor | Frank Burke | | Lilian Fowler (LL) |
| North Sydney | Labor | James Geraghty | William Harding (Dem) | Ainslie Beecraft (LL) Ebenezer Minnis (LDP) |
| Orange | Labor | Bob O'Halloran | John Caldwell (CP) | |
| Oxley | Independent | | | Les Jordan (Ind CP) |
| Oxley | Independent | | | Edward Baxter (Ind Lab) Samuel Martin (Ind CP) William McCristal (ALM) George Mitchell (Ind) Charles Ryan (Ind CP) |
| Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | | |
| Parramatta | Democratic | Arthur Treble | George Gollan (Dem) | William Long (Ind) |
| Phillip | Labor | Tom Shannon | | Les Dorney (LL) |
| Raleigh | Country | Norman Long | Roy Vincent (CP) | |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Bertram Butcher (Dem) | Arnold Barker (LDP) |
| Redfern | Labor | William McKell | | Patrick Tyrrell (LL) |
| Rockdale | Labor | John McGrath | Henry Miller (Dem) | Enoch Jones (LDP) Thomas Whitehouse (Ind) |
| Ryde | Ind Democrat | Joseph Griffiths | Leslie Billington (Dem) | James Shand (Ind Dem) |
| Ryde | Ind Democrat | Joseph Griffiths | Leslie Billington (Dem) | Frederick Burke (LL) Ernest Mead (LDP) Howard Miscamble (Ind) |
| South Coast | Independent | | Charles Woodhill (Dem) | Jack Beale (Ind) |
| South Coast | Independent | | Charles Woodhill (Dem) | Percy Treasure (Ind Dem) Herb Turner (Ind Lab) |
| Sturt | Labor | Ted Horsington | | |
| Tamworth | Independent | | | Bill Chaffey (Ind) |
| Temora | Country | Laurie Tully | Doug Dickson (CP) | James King (Ind Lab) |
| Tenterfield | Country | | Michael Bruxner (CP) | Edward Ogilvie (Ind) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Walter Geraghty | D'Arcy Rose (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | Democratic | | Murray Robson (Dem) | |
| Wagga Wagga | Labor | Eddie Graham | John McInnes (CP) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Robert Cameron | | Stan Deacon (CPA) Leonard Sweeney (LL) |
| Waverley | Labor | Clarrie Martin | | |
| Willoughby | Democratic | Leo Haylen | George Brain (Dem) | Harrold Woodman (LDP) |
| Wollondilly | Democratic | | Jeff Bate (Dem) | Patrick Kenna (Ind Lab) Gerald Wylie (LDP) |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Billy Davies | | |
| Woollahra | Democratic | | Vernon Treatt (Dem) | Reg Bartley (Ind) Norman Jackson (Ind Lab) |
| Yass | Labor | Bill Sheahan | | |
| Young | Labor | Fred Cahill | Valentine Bragg (CP) | |
