This is a list of candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 21 March 1959.
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 | Reginald Garland | Doug Padman (Lib) | Lawrence Esler (DLP) |
| Armidale | Country | Percy Love | Davis Hughes (CP) | Richard Stanley (DLP) |
| Ashfield-Croydon | Liberal | John McCartney | David Hunter* (Lib)
Richard Murden (Lib) |
| Auburn | Labor | Thomas Ryan | John Steel (Lib) |
| Balmain | Labor | John McMahon | Sabina Greenman (Lib) | Stan Moran (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | Spence Powell | Frederick Howe (Lib) | Jack Hughes (CPA)
Charles Reid (Ind) |
| Barwon | Country | Thomas Burt | Geoff Crawford (CP) |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Campbell Alexander (Lib) |
| Blacktown | Labor | Jim Southee | Alfred Dennis (Lib) | Frank Finlayson (Ind)
Francis Moffitt (DLP) |
| Bondi | Labor | Abe Landa | Carl Jeppesen (Lib) | Charles Massey (DLP) |
| Bulli | Labor | Rex Jackson | Donald Heggie (Lib) | Frederick Watson (CPA) |
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Allan Johnson (CP) |
| Burwood | Liberal | John Cunningham | Ben Doig (Lib) |
| Byron | Country | Stanley Stephens (CP) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | William Dowd (Lib) |
| Casino | Country | Ian Robinson (CP) |
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Calverley Brown (CP) |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | Charles Haxton (Ind)
David Stevenson (CPA) |
| Clarence | Country | Bill Weiley (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Ernest Wetherell |
| Collaroy | Liberal | Erwin Eder | Robert Askin (Lib) |
| Concord | Labor | Thomas Murphy | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Jack Kane (DLP) |
| Coogee | Liberal | Lou Walsh | Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Allan Carter (DLP) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Joseph Cahill | Athol McCoy (Lib) | Charles Higbid (Ind) |
| Cronulla | Liberal | George Neilson | Ian Griffith (Lib) |
| Drummoyne | Liberal | Roy Jackson | Walter Lawrence (Lib) |
| Dubbo | Labor | Clarrie Robertson | Les Ford* (Lib)
Roderick Mack (CP) | Brian Adams (DLP) |
| Dulwich Hill | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Joseph Hollis (Lib) | Owen Cahill (DLP) |
| Earlwood | Liberal | John Buckeridge | Eric Willis (Lib) |
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Allan Young (Lib) | John Bennett (Ind) |
| Eastwood | Liberal | William Browne | Eric Hearnshaw (Lib) |
| Fairfield | Labor | Clarrie Earl | David Fairs (Lib) | Edwin Lipscombe (CPA) |
| Georges River | Liberal | Albert Kealman | Douglas Cross | Kevin Davis (DLP)
Fitzgerald Mulholland (Ind) |
| Gloucester | Country | Ray Fitzgerald (CP) | Alan Borthwick (Ind) |
| Gordon | Liberal | Stewart Fraser (Lib) |
| Gosford | Liberal | Reginald Smith | Harold Jackson (Lib) |
| Goulburn | Labor | Laurie Tully | William Bladwell (Lib) | Charles O'Brien (DLP) |
| Granville | Labor | Bill Lamb | Robert Leech (Lib) | Harold Ewer (CPA) |
| Hamilton | Labor | Robert McCartney | Brian O'Loughlin (Lib) | John Daley (DLP) |
| Hartley | Labor | Jim Robson | Peter Carroll (CPA) |
| Hawkesbury | Labor | Kevin Dwyer | Bernie Deane (Lib) |
| Hornsby | Liberal | Arthur Evans | Sydney Storey (Lib) |
| Hurstville | Labor | Bill Rigby | Hedley Mallard (Lib) | Clive Evatt (Ind Lab)
Edward Merryfull (Ind) |
| Illawarra | Labor | Howard Fowles | David Bowen (CPA)
James Casey (Ind) |
| Kahibah | Labor | Jack Stewart | Eric Cupit (Lib) |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Adrian Cook (Lib) | Ron Maxwell (CPA) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Jeffrey Skehan (Lib) | Thomas Brosnan (DLP)
Jack McPhillips (CPA) |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | Charles Dumbrell (CPA) |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Jim Simpson | John Tapp (CPA) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Stan Wyatt | Dora Skelsey (Lib) |
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Arthur Braddock | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Mary Gray (DLP) |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Reg Coady | Barney Morton (Lib) |
| Lismore | Country | Jack Easter (CP) | Clyde Campbell (Ind) |
| Liverpool | Labor | Jack Mannix | Ron Dunbier (Lib) |
| Liverpool Plains | Labor | Roger Nott | Frank O'Keefe (CP) | John Pender (Ind) |
| Maitland | Liberal | William Harvey | Milton Morris (Lib) | Douglas Drinkwater (DLP)
Henry Ivins (Ind) |
| Manly | Liberal | Geoffrey Mill | Douglas Darby (Lib) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bob Heffron | George Anthony (Lib) | Jim Baird (CPA) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Michael Lazar (Lib) |
| Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Graham Cullis (Lib) |
| Monaro | Labor | John Seiffert | Mark Flanagan (Lib) |
| Mosman | Liberal | Pat Morton (Lib) | Bill Wood (CPA) |
| Mudgee | Labor | Leo Nott | Norman Griffith (CP)
Jack Ives (Lib) | Donald Bennett (DLP) |
| Murray | Country | John Hayes | Joe Lawson (CP) |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | George Enticknap | Verdon Letheren (CP) | Sidney Braithwaite (Ind)
Francis O'Connell (DLP) |
| Nepean | Liberal | John Carvan | Bill Chapman (Lib) | Mel McCalman (CPA) |
| Neutral Bay | Liberal | Ivan Black (Lib) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | William Hutchinson (Lib) | Mervyn Copley (CPA) |
| North Sydney | Labor | Ray Maher | Russell Newton (Lib) | Francis Ferry (Ind)
Michael Fitzpatrick (DLP) |
| Orange | Country | Lloyd Stapleton | Charles Cutler (CP) |
| Oxley | Country | Les Jordan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind)
Duncan Kennedy (Ind) |
| Paddington-Waverley | Labor | William Ferguson | Jack Cole (Lib) | Cyril Hutchings (Ind)
Bernard Rosen (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | William Pickard (Lib) | Carlyle Dalgleish (DLP) |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Warwick Dunkley (Lib) | Ernie Thornton (CPA) |
| Raleigh | Country | William Bailey | Jim Brown (CP) | Radford Gamack (Ind CP) |
| Randwick | Labor | William Gollan | Graham Price (Lib) | Cecil Russell (DLP) |
| Redfern | Labor | Fred Green | Mary Beckett (Lib) | Arthur Shipton (CPA) |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Ronald Hislop | Arthur Henderson (Ind)
Wesley Johns (DLP) |
| Ryde | Labor | Frank Downing | Ian Millar (Lib) | Francis Bull (DLP) |
| South Coast | Liberal | Jack Beale (Lib) | Douglas Glass (Ind) |
| Sturt | Labor | William Wattison | Edward Brown (CP) | Edward Craill (CPA)
Imre Mailath (DLP) |
| Sutherland | Liberal | Tom Dalton | Keith Bates (Lib) | Alexander Elphinston (CPA)
Peter Keogh (DLP) |
| Tamworth | Country | Bill Chaffey (CP) |
| Temora | Country | Doug Dickson (CP) |
| Tenterfield | Country | Herbert Pottie | Michael Bruxner (CP) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Geoffrey Heuston | Leon Punch (CP) | George Adams (Ind)
John Moore (Ind) |
| Vaucluse | Liberal | Geoffrey Cox (Lib) |
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Dudley Graham | Wal Fife (Lib) | Robert Harris (DLP) |
| Waratah | Independent | Edward Greaves | Frank Purdue (Ind) |
| Willoughby | Liberal | George Brain (Lib) |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | Ernest Seager | Tom Lewis (Lib) |
| Wollongong-Kembla | Labor | Rex Connor | Jack Hough (Lib) |
| Woollahra | Liberal | Vernon Treatt (Lib) |
| Young | Labor | Ernest McDermott | George Freudenstein* (CP)
Raymond Oliver (Lib) | John Hogan (DLP) |