This is a list of candidates of the 1944 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 27 May 1944.
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 |
|---|
| Labor}}| | Democratic (NSW)}}| | |
| 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 | Alick Buckley (CP)
Stanley Stephens* (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) | James Mahony (LL)
Sydney Storey* (Ind Dem) |
| 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)
Eric White (LDP) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert |
| Mosman | Independent | Frank Pursell (Dem) | Donald Macdonald* (Ind)
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 | Edward Baxter (Ind Lab)
Les Jordan* (Ind CP)
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) | Frederick Burke (LL)
Ernest Mead (LDP)
Howard Miscamble (Ind)
James Shand* (Ind Dem) |
| South Coast | Independent | Charles Woodhill (Dem) | Jack Beale* (Ind)
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) |