This is a list of candidates of the 1956 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 3 March 1956.
Labor MLA Edgar Dring (Auburn) died in December 1955; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the election.
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 |
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Labor}}| | Liberal}}| | |
Albury | Liberal | Robert White | Doug Padman (Lib) |
Armidale | Labor | Jim Cahill | Davis Hughes (CP) |
Ashfield | Liberal | James Brady | Richard Murden (Lib) |
Auburn | Labor | Thomas Ryan | John Steel (Lib) | James Lang (LL) Edward Spensley (Ind) |
Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Elton Lewis (Lib) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | Reginald Allsop (Lib) | Roy Boyd (CPA) |
Barwon | Country | Gerard McInerney | Geoff Crawford (CP) |
Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Jack Toole (Lib) |
Blacktown | Labor | John Freeman | Graham Cullis (Lib) |
Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Daniel Sutherland (Lib) |
Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Bill McDougall (CPA) |
Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Allan Johnson (CP) |
Burwood | Liberal | Leslie Parr (Lib) |
Byron | Country | Stanley Stephens (CP) | Archibald Johnston (Ind) |
Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | Cecil Ford (Lib) |
Casino | Country | Ian Robinson (CP) |
Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Norman Brown (CP) |
Cessnock | Labor | John Crook | Harold Hawkes (Lib) | David Stevenson (CPA) |
Clarence | Country | Garth Munro (CP) Bill Weiley (CP) |
Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell |
Collaroy | Liberal | Robert Askin (Lib) | Gordon Jones (Ind) Elfrida Morcom (CPA) |
Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Leslie Greenfield (CPA) |
Coogee | Labor | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Tasman Crocker (Ind) |
Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | James Skehan (Lib) | William Kendrick (Ind) Edward Rowe (CPA) |
Croydon | Liberal | Frank Zions | David Hunter (Lib) |
Drummoyne | Labor | Roy Jackson | Walter Lawrence (Lib) |
Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Neville Magin (Lib) Keith Sullivan (CP) |
Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Lionel Corner (Lib) |
Earlwood | Liberal | David Connors | Eric Willis (Lib) |
East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Harold Stalker (Lib) | Douglas Marshall (Ind) |
Eastwood | Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) |
Fairfield | Labor | Clarrie Earl | Guy Holmes (Lib) | Edwin Lipscombe (CPA) |
George's River | Labor | Frank O'Neill | Douglas Cross (Lib) | Paul Mortier (CPA) |
Gloucester | Country | Thomas Breen | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) |
Gordon | Liberal | Stewart Fraser (Lib) |
Gosford | Liberal | Rupert Wallace | Harold Jackson (Lib) | Alan Brackenreg (CPA) Roy Jackson (Ind) Leslie Moffat (Ind) |
Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | William Bladwell (Lib) |
Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | Bob Mutton (Lib) | Rupert Lockwood (CPA) |
Hamilton | Labor | George Campbell | Horace Smith (Lib) |
Hartley | Ind Labor | Jim Robson | William Black (Ind Lab) Leslie Cant (Ind) John King (CPA) Neville Weekes (Ind) |
Hawkesbury | Liberal | John Grinham | Bernie Deane (Lib) |
Hornsby | Liberal | Francis O'Connell | Sydney Storey (Lib) |
Hurstville | Labor | Clive Evatt | Hedley Mallard (Lib) | Edward Merryfull (Ind) |
Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | Adrian O'Donnell (Lib) | David Bowen (CPA) |
Kahibah | Independent | Robert McCartney | Joseph Richley (Lib) | Tom Armstrong (Ind Lab) |
King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Roberta Galagher (Lib) | Michael Callinan (LL) Ron Maxwell (CPA) |
Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Horace Harper (Lib) |
Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | Stanley Mettam (Lib) |
Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | Edward Farrell (Lib) | William Quinn (CPA) |
Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | John Whelan (Lib) | James Staples (CPA) |
Lane Cove | Liberal | Geoffrey O'Donnell | Ken McCaw (Lib) |
Leichhardt | Labor | Reg Coady | Barney Morton (Lib) |
Lismore | Country | Archibald McEwan | Jack Easter (CP) | Constance Wilson (Ind) |
Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix |
Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Henry Gregson (Lib) Geoffrey Thomas (CP) | John Pender (Ind) |
Maitland | Liberal | Cecil Robinson | Milton Morris (Lib) | Ted Fletcher (Ind) Henry Ivins (Ind) Leonard Neville (Ind Lib) |
Manly | Liberal | John Wilson | Douglas Darby (Lib) |
Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | Wallace Peacock (Lib) |
Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Ian Chisholm (Lib) | William McCristal (RP) Adam Ogston (CPA) |
Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | Ernest Smith (Lib) Frederick Von Nida (CP) |
Mosman | Liberal | Malcolm Stuart-Robertson | Pat Morton (Lib) |
Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Eric Hennessy (Lib) Kenneth Masters (CP) |
Murray | Country | Willie Peters | Joe Lawson (CP) |
Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Michael Cudmore (CP) |
Nepean | Liberal | Alfred Bennett | Bill Chapman (Lib) | Jim Chalmers (Ind Lab) Mel McCalman (CPA) |
Neutral Bay | Liberal | Donald Gray | Ivan Black (Lib) |
Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | Iris Hyde (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
North Sydney | Labor | Ray Maher | Peter Murphy (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) |
Orange | Country | Louie Cassey | Charles Cutler (CP) | Cecil Connors (CPA) |
Oxley | Country | William Kennewell | Les Jordan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) |
Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | Rodney Craigie (Lib) | Bill Brown (CPA) |
Parramatta | Labor | Kevin Morgan | Jim Clough (Lib) |
Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Francis Mohan (LL) Robert Webster (CPA) |
Raleigh | Country | Radford Gamack (CP) |
Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Charles De Monchaux (Lib) | Kenneth O'Hara (CPA) |
Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Arthur Shipton (CPA) |
Rockdale | Labor | John McGrath | Harold Heslehurst (Lib) |
Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Francis Collings (Lib) |
South Coast | Liberal | Allan Beaton | Jack Beale (Lib) |
Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | William Flynn (CPA) John Fox (Ind) |
Sutherland | Labor | Tom Dalton | Ian Griffith (Lib) |
Tamworth | Country | Arthur Foran | Bill Chaffey (CP) |
Temora | Country | Hector Skidmore | Doug Dickson (CP) |
Tenterfield | Country | Michael Bruxner (CP) |
Upper Hunter | Country | Albert Khan | D'Arcy Rose (CP) |
Vaucluse | Liberal | Murray Robson (Lib) | Alfred Elboz (Ind) |
Wagga Wagga | Labor | Eddie Graham | Wal Fife (Lib) |
Waratah | Labor | Harry Sheedy | Harry Edwards (Ind) Thomas Graham (CPA) Frank Purdue* (Ind) |
Waverley | Labor | William Ferguson | John Steinwede (Lib) | Eddie Maher (CPA) |
Willoughby | Liberal | Anthony Coates | George Brain (Lib) |
Wollondilly | Liberal | Ernest Seager | Blake Pelly (Lib) |
Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Robert Albert (Lib) | George Parker (Ind) |
Woollahra | Liberal | Vernon Treatt (Lib) | George Mason (Ind) |
Young | Labor | Fred Cahill | George Freudenstein (CP) Raymond Oliver (Lib) |