This is a list of candidates for the 1971 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 13 February 1971.
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 | DLP candidate | Other candidates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albury | Liberal | Kevin Esler | Gordon Mackie (Lib) | Anthony Quinn | |
| Armidale | Country | Davis Hughes (CP) | Jean Mitchell (Ind) | ||
| Ashfield | Liberal | Bede Spillane | David Hunter (Lib) | Joseph Conroy | David Eden (AP) |
| Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | William McIntyre (Lib) | ||
| Balmain | Labor | Roger Degen | Robert Ward (Lib) | ||
| Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | John Ghent (Lib) | ||
| Barwon | Country | Peter Prentice | Geoff Crawford (CP) | David Aiken (Ind) Thomas Broadbent (AP) Wallace Ridley (Ind) | |
| Bass Hill | Labor | Clarrie Earl | Doreen Ghent (Lib) | ||
| Bathurst | Country | Michael Connolly | Clive Osborne (CP) | Deryck Barnes (AP) | |
| Blacktown | Labor | Gordon Barnier | Hilton Robinson (Lib) | Charles Ormel | George Nicolaidis (Ind) |
| Bligh | Liberal | Maurice Allen | John Barraclough (Lib) | Dominique Droulers | Francis Claffy (Ind) Merilyn Giesekam (Ind) Bridget Gilling (ALRA) Thomas Smith (Ind) |
| Blue Mountains | Independent | James Collins | Kenneth Brown | Harold Coates * (Ind) Frederick Lamb (Ind) | |
| Broken Hill | Labor | Lew Johnstone | |||
| Burrendong | Country | Leo Nott | Roger Wotton (CP) | ||
| Burrinjuck | Labor | Bill Sheahan | Leon Garry (Lib) Edward O'Connor (CP) | ||
| Burwood | Liberal | Phil O'Neill | John Jackett (Lib) | Ben Doig (Ind) Jack Mundey (CPA) | |
| Byron | Country | James Constable | Stanley Stephens (CP) | ||
| Campbelltown | Liberal | Cliff Mallam | Max Dunbier (Lib) | ||
| Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Jack Backer (Lib) | ||
| Casino | Country | Don Day | Charles Yabsley (CP) | ||
| Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | Bruce Fry (Lib) Albert Green (CP) | John Gough | |
| Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | John Thomas (Lib) | ||
| Charlestown | Labor | Jack Stewart | Alfred Pickering (Lib) | Hugh Ansell | Charles Hockings (AP) |
| Clarence | Country | Thomas Cronin | Francis Clark (CP) Matt Singleton* (CP) | Clarice McClymont (Ind) Neville Weiley (Ind) | |
| Collaroy | Liberal | Robert Askin (Lib) | Lyle Antcliff | Frederick Adcock (Ind) Brian Walker (AP) Norman Ward (Ind) | |
| Coogee | Liberal | Mary Barry | Sir Kevin Ellis (Lib) | Betty Stepkovitch | William Ash (Ind) Jean McCoroskin (DOGS) |
| Cook's River | Labor | Tom Cahill | Kenneth McKimm (Lib) | ||
| Corrimal | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Eric Blain (Lib) | Raymond Proust | Reginald Wilding (CPA) |
| Cronulla | Liberal | Michael Egan | Ian Griffith (Lib) | Robin Alleway (DOGS) | |
| Davidson | Liberal | Dick Healey (Lib) | Thomas Colman | ||
| Drummoyne | Labor | Reg Coady | Colin Gardiner (Lib) | ||
| Dubbo | Liberal | Norman Cox | John Mason (Lib) | Terence Catley | |
| Earlwood | Liberal | Barry Robinson | Eric Willis (Lib) | ||
| East Hills | Labor | Joe Kelly | Albert Hurley (Lib) | Raymond Buchanan (Ind) Harold McIlveen (Ind) | |
| Eastwood | Liberal | John McMahon | Jim Clough (Lib) | Olwyn Mackenzie (Ind) | |
| Fairfield | Labor | Eric Bedford | John Woods (Lib) | Edward Oldfield (Ind) | |
| Fuller | Liberal | Anthony Bellanto | Peter Coleman (Lib) | Kevin Davis | Dudley Abbott (DOGS) |
| Georges River | Labor | Frank Walker | Vince Bruce (Lib) | ||
| Gloucester | Country | Terence Wallis | Leon Punch (CP) | James Bogan (Ind) | |
| Gordon | Liberal | Harry Jago (Lib) | Allan Dwyer | ||
| Gosford | Liberal | Keith O'Connell | Ted Humphries (Lib) | Wallace Cook (Ind) Barry Phillips (AP) | |
| Goulburn | Country | Norman Barnwell | Ron Brewer (CP) | ||
| Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | George Ajaka (Lib) | ||
| Hawkesbury | Liberal | Walter Brown | Bernie Deane (Lib) | Charles Rogers (Ind) | |
| Heathcote | Labor | Rex Jackson | Evelyn Thompson (Lib) | Edna McGill (DOGS) | |
| Hornsby | Liberal | John Maddison (Lib) | Anthony Felton | George Black (AP) David Hill (Ind) | |
| Hurstville | Liberal | Kenneth Hallen | Tom Mead (Lib) | Peter Abrams | Ralph Catts (AP) Judith Sainsbury (DOGS) |
| Illawarra | Labor | George Petersen | Lorna Shacklock (Lib) | Edward Himmelreich | Frank Arkell (Ind) Raymond Clay (Ind) |
| King | Labor | Albert Sloss | Andrew Bush (Lib) | Doris Jobling (CPA) Ernest Williams (Ind) | |
| Kirribilli | Liberal | William Harkness | John Waddy (Lib) | Michael Fitzpatrick | Romualds Kemps (Ind) |
| Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | William Marshall (Lib) | Margot Caulfield (Ind) | |
| Lake Macquarie | Labor | Merv Hunter | Richard Bevan (Lib) | ||
| Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | James Dixon (Lib) | ||
| Lane Cove | Liberal | Ronald Gornall | Ken McCaw (Lib) | Reginald Lawson | Malcolm Hilbery (AP) |
| Lismore | Country | Bruce Duncan (CP) | |||
| Liverpool | Labor | George Paciullo | Robert Leech (Lib) | William Arundell | |
| Maitland | Liberal | Francis Murray | Milton Morris (Lib) | Jack Collins | |
| Manly | Liberal | Terence Riley | Douglas Darby (Lib) | Francis Bulger | Eric Riches (Ind) |
| Maroubra | Labor | Bill Haigh | Gregory Lyons (Lib) | Warwick Spooner | Samuel Joseph (Ind) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Norm Ryan | Jonathan Fowler (Lib) | ||
| Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Nevile Hodsdon (Lib) | ||
| Miranda | Liberal | Bill Robb | Tim Walker (Lib) | William Goslett | Milo Dunphy (AP) |
| Monaro | Liberal | Alfred Kingston | Steve Mauger (Lib) | ||
| Mosman | Liberal | Darryl Nagel | Pat Morton (Lib) | Ann Macken | Brian Buckley (AP) |
| Mount Druitt | Labor | Jim Southee | John Park (Lib) | ||
| Murray | Independent | Bruce Birrell (CP) Allan Connell (Lib) | Brian Maw | Joe Lawson (Ind) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Labor | Lin Gordon | David Clark (CP) Ian Davidge (Lib) | Leslie Kennedy | |
| Nepean | Liberal | Ron Mulock | Ron Dunbier (Lib) | Leslie Clarke | John Andersen (Ind) |
| Newcastle | Labor | Arthur Wade | Malcolm Barnes (Lib) | Gerard Collins | Wlodzimierz Bohatko (AP) |
| Northcott | Liberal | Jim Cameron (Lib) | Jane Gray (DOGS) David Haig (AP) | ||
| Orange | Country | Joseph Ryan | Charles Cutler (CP) | John Grant | Lloyd Stapleton (Ind) Margaret Stevenson (Ind) |
| Oxley | Country | Bruce Cowan (CP) | Joe Cordner (Ind) | ||
| Parramatta | Labor | Dan Mahoney | Alaric Kellett (Lib) | Leonard Kiernan (Ind) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Ronald Hack (Lib) | John Fox | |
| Raleigh | Country | Sydney Dodds | Jim Brown (CP) | Andrew Boyton (Ind) | |
| Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Roye Gaha (Lib) | Mary Hennessy | Edwin Bellchambers (Ind) |
| South Coast | Liberal | Jack Beale (Lib) | John Hatton (Ind) | ||
| Sturt | Country | William Dixon (Lib) Tim Fischer* (CP) | Bernard O'Keeffe | Ernest Mitchell (Ind) | |
| Tamworth | Country | Francis Briscoe-Hough | Bill Chaffey (CP) | Ian de Courcy Dutton | Alexander Dickinson (Ind) Ellis Wall (Ind) |
| Temora | Country | Lyle Hoad | Jim Taylor (CP) | Terence Brady (Ind) | |
| Tenterfield | Country | Ronald Grafton | Tim Bruxner (CP) | George Britz (Ind) | |
| The Hills | Liberal | Michael Gillian | Max Ruddock (Lib) | John Stewart | |
| Upper Hunter | Country | Kenneth Cosgrove Alexander Trevallian | Col Fisher (CP) | ||
| Vaucluse | Liberal | Keith Doyle (Lib) | Harry Marsh (Ind) Lincoln Oppenheimer (Ind) | ||
| Wagga Wagga | Liberal | John Skeers | Wal Fife (Lib) | Peter Piltz | |
| Wakehurst | Liberal | Evan Davies | Allan Viney (Lib) | Kevin Lee | |
| Wallsend | Labor | Ken Booth | John Bailey (Lib) | Robert Godfrey | |
| Waratah | Labor | Sam Jones | Malcolm Blackshaw (Lib) | ||
| Waverley | Labor | Syd Einfeld | James Markham (Lib) | ||
| Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | Peter Andrews (Lib) | ||
| Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | Laurie McGinty (Lib) | Leo Eller | Ida Carter (Ind) Mary McNish (AP) |
| Wollondilly | Liberal | John Kerin | Tom Lewis (Lib) | Kevin Harrold | Alexander Gould (Ind) |
| Wollongong | Liberal | Eric Ramsay | Jack Hough (Lib) | Peter Daly | |
| Wyong | Labor | Harry Jensen | Geoffrey Gilchrist (Lib) | Estelle Drinkwater | |
| Yaralla | Liberal | Garry McIlwaine | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | Andrew Murphy | |
| Young | Country | Jeffrey Condron | George Freudenstein (CP) | John Hogan |
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