Candidates of the 1941 New South Wales state election

Last updated July 04, 2025

This is a list of candidates for the 1941 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 10 May 1941.^[1]

Retiring members

United Australia

Bruce Walker (Hawkesbury ^[2])

Country

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	United Australia	John King	Alexander Mair (UAP)
Annandale	Labor	Bob Gorman		Harry Blackwell (NSO) Stan Moran (Ind)
Armidale	Country	John Shanahan	David Drummond (CP)
Ashburnham	Country	Edgar Dring	Hilton Elliott (CP)
Ashfield	United Australia	Rex Jones	Athol Richardson (UAP)
Auburn	Labor	Jack Lang		Clarrie Campbell (SLP)
Balmain	Labor	Mary Quirk		Arthur Doughty (Ind Lab) Walter Evans (SLP) Malinda Ivey (Ind) Leslie Shiels (Ind)
Bankstown	Labor	James McGirr		Percy Coleman (Ind) Jack Edwards (NSO) Jack Hughes (SLP)
Barwon	Labor	Roy Heferen	Favel Satterthwaite (CP)
Bathurst	Labor	Gus Kelly
Blacktown	New district	Frank Hill	Arthur Francis (UAP)
Bondi	United Australia	Abe Landa	Norman Thomas (UAP)	Allan Jenkins (SLP)
Botany	Labor	Bob Heffron		Addison Brittain (Ind Lab)
Bulli	Labor	John Sweeney		Alfred Burgess (SLP)
Burwood	United Australia	Albert Thompson	Harrie Mitchell (UAP)	Gordon Jackett (Ind UAP)
Byron	Country		Arthur Budd (CP)	Frederick Stuart (Ind)
Canterbury	Labor	Arthur Tonge		William Brandon (NSO) William Hortin (SLP)
Casino	Country	Denis Holmes	John Reid (CP)	Robert Carr (Ind)
Castlereagh	Country	Jack Renshaw	Harold Campbell (CP)	John Smithers (Ind Lab)
Cessnock	Labor	Jack Baddeley		George McGregor (SLP)
Clarence	Country		Cecil Wingfield (CP)	John Cain (Ind)
Cobar	Labor	Mat Davidson		David Wight (SLP)
Concord	United Australia	Bill Carlton	Stan Lloyd (UAP)	Rupert Lockwood (SLP)
Coogee	United Australia	Lou Cunningham	Thomas Mutch (UAP)
Cook's River	New district	Joseph Cahill		John Simpson (Ind Lab)
Corowa	Independent		James Smith (CP)	Christopher Lethbridge (Ind)
Croydon	United Australia	Daniel Murphy	David Hunter (UAP)
Drummoyne	United Australia	Robert Greig	John Lee (UAP)	Bill Wood (SLP)
Dubbo	Country	Clarrie Robertson	George Wilson (CP)	Frank Wilkins (Ind Lab)
Dulwich Hill	Labor	George Weir	Guy Arkins (UAP)
Georges River	United Australia	Arthur Williams	Cecil Monro (UAP)
Gloucester	United Australia	William Morgan	Charles Bennett (UAP)	Ray Fitzgerald (Ind)
Gloucester	United Australia	William Morgan	Charles Bennett (UAP)	Robert Bruce (Ind)
Gordon	United Australia		Harry Turner (UAP)
Goulburn	Labor	Jack Tully	George Ardill (UAP)	Cecil Gray (Ind)
Granville	Labor	Bill Lamb	Claude Fleck (UAP)	Sam Aarons (Ind)
Hamilton	Labor	Joshua Arthur		Arthur Clarke (Ind)
Hartley	Labor	Hamilton Knight		James Starling (SLP)
Hawkesbury	United Australia	Frank Finnan	Arthur Brown (UAP)	Charles Staples (Ind UAP)
Hornsby	United Australia		Wilfred Francis (UAP)	Sydney Storey (Ind UAP)
Hornsby	United Australia		Wilfred Francis (UAP)	Albert French (Ind)
Hurstville	Labor	Clive Evatt	Roland Murray (UAP)
Illawarra	Labor	Howard Fowles	Clarence Faulkner (UAP)
King	Labor	Daniel Clyne		Albert Sloss (SLP)
Kogarah	United Australia	William Currey	James Ross (UAP)	Paul Mortier (SLP)
Kurri Kurri	Labor	George Booth
Lachlan	Country	George Grintell	Griffith Evans (CP)
Lakemba	Labor	Fred Stanley		William Dowe (NSO) Asa North (SLP)
Lane Cove	United Australia	Arthur Treble	Herbert FitzSimons (UAP)	Arthur Russell (Ind)
Leichhardt	Labor	Claude Matthews		Anthony Bellanto (SLP)
Lismore	Country	Jim Fredericks	William Frith (CP)	David Harrison (Ind Coal.) Edward Thorncroft (Ind)
Liverpool Plains	Country	Roger Nott	Alister McMullin (CP) James Scott (CP) Alfred Yeo (CP)
Maitland	United Australia	William Lindsay	Walter Howarth (UAP)
Manly	United Australia	James Dunn	Alfred Reid (UAP)	Vincent Brady (Ind)
Marrickville	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini
Monaro	Country	John Seiffert	William Hedges (CP)
Mosman	United Australia	Brian Dooley	Herbert Lloyd (UAP)	Donald Macdonald (Ind UAP)
Mudgee	Labor	Bill Dunn		Frederick Cooke (Ind)
Murray	Country	James Lloyd	Joe Lawson (CP)
Murrumbidgee	Country	Joseph Fitzgerald	George Dixon (CP) John Kelly (CP) John Thorne (CP)	George Enticknap (Ind Lab)
Namoi	Country	Raymond Hamilton	Ernest Batchelor (CP) George Gilby (CP)	Ernest Hogan (Ind Lab)
Nepean	United Australia	William Mathews	Joseph Jackson (UAP)
Neutral Bay	United Australia		Reginald Weaver (UAP)
Newcastle	Labor	Frank Hawkins		Claude Dalby (Ind) Charles McCaffrey (SLP)
Newtown	Labor	Frank Burke		Andrew Carruthers (SLP) Lilian Fowler (Ind Lab)
North Sydney	United Australia	James Geraghty	Hubert Primrose (UAP)	William Wilson (SLP)
Orange	United Australia	Bob O'Halloran	Alwyn Tonking (UAP)	Leslie Loewenthal (Ind) James O'Donnell (Ind) Joseph Roberts (SLP)
Oxley	United Australia		Lewis Martin	George Mitchell (Ind)
Paddington	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan		George Hale (SLP)
Parramatta	United Australia	Albert Rowe	George Gollan (UAP)
Phillip	Labor	Tom Shannon		Diana Gould (Ind) Tom Morey (SLP)
Raleigh	Country	John Howard	Roy Vincent (CP)
Raleigh	Country	John Howard	Les Jordan (CP)
Randwick	United Australia	William Gollan	Arthur Moverly (UAP)	Sam Lewis (SLP)
Redfern	Labor	William McKell		Sid Conway (SLP)
Rockdale	New district	John McGrath	George McGuire (UAP)	Reginald Williams (SLP)
Ryde	United Australia		Eric Solomon (UAP)	James Shand (Ind UAP)
Ryde	United Australia		Eric Solomon (UAP)	William Elliott (Ind) Howard Miscamble (Ind)
South Coast	United Australia		Henry Bate (UAP)	Rupert Beale (Ind)
Sturt	Labor	Ted Horsington		Arthur Campbell (SLP)
Tamworth	United Australia	John Lyons	William McKnight (UAP)	Bill Chaffey (Ind UAP)
Tamworth	United Australia	John Lyons	William McKnight (UAP)	Charles Luckett (Ind)
Temora	Country	Charles Poole	Doug Dickson (CP)
Tenterfield	Country	Edward Ogilvie	Michael Bruxner (CP)
Upper Hunter	Country	Walter Geraghty	D'Arcy Rose (CP)
Vaucluse	United Australia		Murray Robson (UAP)
Wagga Wagga	Country	Eddie Graham	Matthew Kilpatrick (CP)	Ronald Cuttle (Ind)
Waratah	Labor	Robert Cameron		Robert Cram (Ind)
Waverley	Labor	Clarrie Martin	Arnold Lander (UAP)	John Fisher (SLP)
Willoughby	United Australia	Francis Fulton	Edward Sanders (UAP)
Wollondilly	United Australia		Jeff Bate (UAP)
Wollongong-Kembla	New district	Billy Davies		William Frame (SLP)
Woollahra	United Australia	Jack Wright	Vernon Treatt (UAP)
Yass	Country	Bill Sheahan	Bill Ross (CP)
Young	Country	Fred Cahill	Albert Reid (CP)	Stanley Neagle (Ind Lab)

References

↑ Green, Antony. "1941 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 November 2021.
↑ Walker was on trial for conspiracy charges: "Conspiracy charge: Walker in box". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 May 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2019– via National Library of Australia.

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[1] Green, Antony. "1941 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 November 2021.

[2] Walker was on trial for conspiracy charges: "Conspiracy charge: Walker in box". The Sydney Morning Herald . 27 May 1941. p. 5. Retrieved 3 May 2019– via National Library of Australia.

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