Candidates of the 1925 New South Wales state election

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This is a list of candidates for the 1925 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 30 May 1925. The election was the last of three conducted under the system of proportional representation.

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Retiring Members

Nationalist

Progressive

Others

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful parties are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

ElectorateSitting MPs Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Progressive candidatesOther candidates
Balmain 3 Labor
2 Nationalist

Kate Dwyer
H. V. Evatt*
Tom Keegan *
John Quirk *
Robert Stuart-Robertson *

Stanley Cole
Gideon Gillespie
Thomas Greentree
Albert Lane *
Robert Stopford

James Johnston (PLP)
Lionel Leece (CPA)
Charles Mallett (Ind)
Thomas Payne (CPA)

Bathurst 1 Labor
2 Nationalist

James Dooley *
Gus Kelly*
Hamilton Knight

James Beddie
John Fitzpatrick *
Charles Rosenthal

Botany 4 Labor
1 Nationalist

Frank Burke *
William Long
William McKell *
Thomas Mutch *
Bill Ratcliffe *

David Alexander
William Herford
John Lee *
James Sinclair
Stephen Turner

Walter Bateman (PLP)
Henry Denford (CPA)
Peter Gallagher (Ind Lab)
Carl Liebau (MLP)
Nellie Rickie (CPA)
Arthur Strange-Mure (Ind)

Byron 2 Nationalist
1 Progressive

Robert Gillies*
Ernest Hollis-Neath
Tom Swiney

Stanley Fayle
Charles Munro
Stephen Perdriau

Thomas Foyster
William Missingham *
Frederick Stuart*
John Williams

Cootamundra 2 Labor
1 Progressive

Joseph Carney
Ken Hoad*
Peter Loughlin *

Angus Campbell
William Pinkstone
Ernest Todhunter

Ernest Field
Hugh Main *
Eric Treatt
Benjamin Witenden

George Davey (PLP)

Cumberland 1 Labor
2 Nationalist

Walter Anderson
Robert Bingham
Florence Ewers
James McGirr *

William FitzSimons *
James Shand
Bruce Walker Sr *

Reginald Harris
Aaron Morris
Arthur Upchurch

John Allaburton (Ind)
Ernest Carr (Ind)

Eastern Suburbs 1 Labor
3 Nationalist
1 Democratic

Septimus Alldis*
Gordon Anderson
William Crick
Gertrude Melville
Bob O'Halloran *

William Foster*
Hyman Goldstein
Harold Jaques *
George Overhill
Millicent Preston-Stanley*
Joseph Robinson

David Anderson (Ind)
Cyril Fallon (Ind)
James Gillespie (PLP)
Frederick Marks (Ind)

Goulburn 1 Labor
1 Nationalist
1 Progressive

Clarence Steele
Paddy Stokes*
Jack Tully*

Henry Bate
Percy Hollis
John Perkins *

William Bluett
William Hedges
Adam Singer

Denis O'Leary (YAP)

Maitland 1 Labor
2 Nationalist

John Hynes
William McClelland
Walter O'Hearn *

Walter Bennett *
William Cameron *
Charles Nicholson

George Batey (PLP)

Murray 1 Labor
1 Nationalist
1 Progressive

George Bodkin
Vern Goodin*
William O'Brien

Richard Ball *
Joseph Niesigh

Charles Coghlan
Matthew Kilpatrick *
Olave Olsen

Murrumbigdee 1 Labor
1 Nationalist
1 Progressive

Martin Flannery *
James Lyons
William Nulty

Edmund Best*
Duncan Cameron
Reginald Westmore

Ernest Buttenshaw *
Alexander McArthur

Mary McCracken (Ind)

Namoi 1 Labor
2 Nationalist

Michael Hagan
James Hawkins
William Scully *

Frank Chaffey *
Walter Wearne *

Aubrey Abbott
James Laird
Lachlan McLachlan

Robert Levien (Ind)

Newcastle 3 Labor
1 Nationalist
1 Independent

Jack Baddeley *
George Booth*
Hugh Connell *
David Davies
David Murray *

Magnus Cromarty
Oliver Denny
John Fegan
David Murray
Charles Watt

Arthur Gardiner (Ind)
James Hestelow (PLP)
Robert Mitchell (Ind)
James Pendlebury (PLP)
Walter Skelton * (PLP)

North Shore 1 Labor
3 Nationalist
1 Independent

Bertrand Childs
Oliver Kelly
Cecil Murphy *
Samuel Sloane
Arthur Tonge

Richard Arthur *
Ernest Marks
Alfred Reid *
Ernest Salmon
William Wood

William Fell * (Ind Nat)
Alick Kay* (Ind)
Harry Meatheringham (Ind)
Alfred Waterhouse (Ind)
Mary Williams (Ind)

Northern Tableland 1 Labor
2 Progressive

William McArdle
Alfred McClelland *
Dennis Shanahan

Michael Bruxner *
David Drummond *
Daniel Lewis

Oxley 1 Labor
1 Nationalist
1 Progressive

Joseph Fitzgerald *
James Goudie
William Terry

John Cameron
Theodore Hill *
William Robinson

Ray Fitzgerald
William Flannery
Henry Morton
Roy Vincent *

Parramatta 1 Labor
2 Nationalist

Bill Ely*
Jack Lang *
Edwin Wrench

Albert Bruntnell *
George Folkard
Thomas Morrow

William Chalson (PLP)
Albert Jones (Ind)
Cecil Robinson (MLP)
Francis Silverstone (Ind)

Ryde 1 Labor
4 Nationalist

James Concannon
Robert Greig *
Edward Lamont
William McCristal
Stan Taylor

David Anderson *
Thomas Bavin *
Sir Thomas Henley *
Edward Sanders*
Herbert Small

Lindsay Thompson
Crawford Vaughan

Cecil Brierley (Ind Nat)
James Chamberlain (PLP)
William Featherstone (PLP)
John Pattison (Ind)

St George 2 Labor
3 Nationalist

George Burns
Joseph Cahill*
George Cann *
Mark Gosling *
Ernest Sheiles

Guy Arkins *
William Bagnall
Thomas Casserly
Francis Farrar
Thomas Ley *
Cecil Monro
Reginald Reid

Walter Anderson (PLP)
John Cooper (Ind)
Alfred Dicker (Ind)
James Dunlop (PLP)
William Goulden (PLP)
Roy Hindwood (PLP)
Arthur Jones (PLP)
Ernest Lambourne (Ind)

Sturt 2 Labor
1 Nationalist

Mat Davidson *
Thomas Griffiths
Ted Horsington *

Brian Doe *
Francis Harvey
William Shoobridge

Charles Dooley (Ind)

Sydney 3 Labor
2 Nationalist

John Birt *
Michael Burke*
William Holdsworth*
Francis McGuinness
Patrick Minahan

Albert Higgs
Joseph Jackson *
Reuben Kefford
Daniel Levy *
Gordon Stead

Robert Bates (Ind)
Alphonsus Canon (YAP)
Pat Drew (CPA)
Charles Foster (Ind)
Jock Garden (CPA)
James Jones (Ind)
Greg McGirr (YAP)
Leslie Milgate (YAP)
Edwin Miller (Ind)
Charles Mortimer (YAP)
Laurence Raw (PLP)

Wammerawa 1 Labor
1 Progressive
1 Independent

Joseph Clark *
Bill Dunn *
John Ritchie

Harold Blackett
Henry Buttsworth
John Macdonald

Samuel Armstrong
Harold Thorby *
Alfred Yeo

Western Suburbs 2 Labor
3 Nationalist

Carlo Lazzarini *
Edward McTiernan *
Barney Olde
Roger Ryan
James Troy

Tom Hoskins *
Milton Jarvie*
Henry Morton
John Ness *
William Simpson

Frederick Armstrong (PLP)
John Cain (MLP)
Alexander Huie (Ind)
Alfred Millington (PLP)

Wollondilly 1 Labor
2 Nationalist

Billy Davies *
Andrew Lysaght*
Patrick Malloy

Sir George Fuller *
Mark Morton
Alexander South

William Howarth

Samuel Emmett (Ind Nat)
Edward Newton (Ind)

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