title: Candidates of the 1976 New South Wales state election
text: # Candidates of the 1976 New South Wales state election
  
  This is a list of candidates for the 1976 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 1 May 1976.
  
  ## Retiring Members
  
  Note: Steve Mauger MLA (Liberal, Monaro) resigned some months prior to the election; a by-election was scheduled for the seat, but was cancelled when the general election was called.
  
  ### Labor
  
  * Dan Mahoney MLA (Parramatta)
  
  ### Liberal
  
  * David Hunter MLA (Ashfield)
  
  ### Country
  
  * Geoff Crawford MLA (Barwon)
  
  ## Legislative Assembly
  
  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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Albury | Liberal | Kevin Elser | Gordon Mackie (Lib) | |
  | Armidale | Country | Hubert Legge | David Leitch (CP) | |
  | Ashfield | Liberal | Paul Whelan | Alwyn Innes (Lib) | Clifford Bros (AP) Warren Wilson (Ind) |
  | Auburn | Labor | Peter Cox | Stephen Sim (Lib) | |
  | Balmain | Labor | Roger Degen | Jeffrey Thompson (Lib) | Peter Cockcroft (CPA) Donald Henderson (Ind) Juanita Keig (SWP) |
  | Bankstown | Labor | Nick Kearns | John Ghent (Lib) | |
  | Barwon | Country | Marshall Duncan | Wal Murray (CP) | |
  | Bass Hill | Labor | Neville Wran | Terence Shanahan (Lib) | |
  | Bathurst | Country | Mark Worthington | Clive Osborne (CP) | Peter Foster (Ind) |
  | Blacktown | Labor | Gordon Barnier | John Lyon (Lib) | Raymond Ferguson (Ind) |
  | Bligh | Liberal | Mairi Petersen | John Barraclough (Lib) | John Curvers (WP) Graeme Donkin (Ind) Alexander Nash (Ind) |
  | Blue Mountains | Independent | Mick Clough | | Harold Coates (Ind) |
  | Broken Hill | Labor | Lew Johnstone | | |
  | Burrendong | Country | Reynold Toyer | Roger Wotton (CP) | |
  | Burrinjuck | Labor | Terry Sheahan | Thomas Glover (CP) | |
  | Burwood | Liberal | Peter Woods | John Jackett (Lib) | John Coles (WP) |
  | Byron | Country | Keith Enderbury | Jack Boyd (CP) | |
  | Campbelltown | Labor | Cliff Mallam | Robert Barton (Lib) | |
  | Canterbury | Labor | Kevin Stewart | Marjorie Pennington (Lib) | |
  | Casino | Labor | Don Day | Leslie Isaac (CP) Donald McRae (CP) | |
  | Castlereagh | Labor | Jack Renshaw | John Browne (Lib) Albert Green (CP) | |
  | Cessnock | Labor | George Neilly | Suzan Ross-Gowan (Lib) | |
  | Charlestown | Labor | Richard Face | Thomas Ford (Lib) | |
  | Clarence | Country | Colin Clague | Matt Singleton (CP) | |
  | Coogee | Labor | Michael Cleary | Phillip Billings (Lib) | |
  | Corrimal | Labor | Laurie Kelly | Peter Atkins (Lib) | |
  | Cronulla | Liberal | Michael Egan | Ian Griffith (Lib) | Ian Scott (WP) |
  | Davidson | Liberal | Raymond Graham | Dick Healey (Lib) | |
  | Drummoyne | Labor | Michael Maher | James Reid (Lib) | Hugh Frazer (WP) |
  | Dubbo | Liberal | Damian Hession | John Mason (Lib) | Gerry Peacocke (Ind) |
  | Earlwood | Liberal | Ken Gabb | Eric Willis (Lib) | |
  | East Hills | Labor | Pat Rogan | George Edgell (Lib) | |
  | Eastwood | Liberal | Robert Cummins | Jim Clough (Lib) | |
  | Fairfield | Labor | Eric Bedford | Charles Rogers (Lib) | |
  | Fuller | Liberal | Rodney Cavalier | Peter Coleman (Lib) | Christopher Dunkerley (AP) |
  | Georges River | Labor | Frank Walker | Maxwell Gibson (Lib) | |
  | Gloucester | Country | Johannes Winkelman | Leon Punch (CP) | Jack Collins (Ind) |
  | Gordon | DLP | Margaret Atkin | Tim Moore (Lib) | Christopher Brown (WP) John Harris (Ind) Kevin Harrold (DLP) |
  | Gosford | Liberal | Brian McGowan | Malcolm Brooks (Lib) | Barry Phillips (AP) |
  | Goulburn | Country | Brian Lulham | Ron Brewer (CP) | |
  | Granville | Labor | Pat Flaherty | Frank Babic (Lib) | |
  | Hawkesbury | Liberal | Alwyn Lindfield | Kevin Rozzoli (Lib) | |
  | Heathcote | Labor | Rex Jackson | Ron Phillips (Lib) | |
  | Heffron | Labor | Laurie Brereton | George Balos (Lib) | John Holt (Ind) Crena Morrison (Ind) |
  | Hornsby | Liberal | Hans Eisler | Neil Pickard (Lib) | |
  | Hurstville | Liberal | Kevin Ryan | Tom Mead (Lib) | Bernhard Fiegel (AP) |
  | Illawarra | Labor | George Petersen | | Henry Schipp (Ind) Margaret Wright (WP) |
  | Kirribilli | Liberal | Patrick Healy | Bruce McDonald (Lib) | Romualds Kemps (Ind) David Rennie (WP) John Waddy (Ind) |
  | Kogarah | Labor | Bill Crabtree | Terrence Fraser (Lib) | Robert Schollbach (WP) |
  | Ku-ring-gai | Liberal | Ian Cameron | John Maddison (Lib) | David Griffiths (WP) |
  | Lake Macquarie | Labor | Merv Hunter | Oliver Fennell (Lib) | |
  | Lakemba | Labor | Vince Durick | Robin Graham (Lib) | Donald Carruthers (Ind) Timothy Dein (AP) |
  | Lane Cove | Liberal | Alan Lees | John Dowd (Lib) | Elizabeth Poppleton (AP) |
  | Lismore | Country | | Bruce Duncan (CP) | |
  | Liverpool | Labor | George Paciullo | Rex Harris (Lib) | |
  | Maitland | Liberal | Kerry Ryan | Milton Morris (Lib) | |
  | Manly | Liberal | Marc Gumbert | Douglas Darby (Lib) | |
  | Maroubra | Labor | Bill Haigh | Lindsay Rutherford (Lib) | Marie Morris (AP) |
  | Marrickville | Labor | Tom Cahill | Costa Lianos (Lib) | Geoffrey Payne (SWP) |
  | Merrylands | Labor | Jack Ferguson | Rodney Lewis (Lib) | |
  | Miranda | Liberal | Bill Robb | Tim Walker (Lib) | |
  | Monaro | Liberal | John Akister | Thomas Barry (CP) Valerie Marland (Lib) | |
  | Mosman | Liberal | John Cahill | David Arblaster (Lib) | John Alexander (AP) |
  | Mount Druitt | Labor | Tony Johnson | James McCrudden (Lib) | |
  | Munmorah | Labor | Harry Jensen | William Jackson (Lib) | |
  | Murray | Liberal | Ross Boyd | Mary Meillon (Lib) | Ian Fleming (Ind) Gregory Graham (Ind) |
  | Murrumbidgee | Labor | Lin Gordon | John Knight (CP) Donald Mackay (Lib) Bernardino Zappacosta (CP) | |
  | Nepean | Liberal | Peter Anderson | Ron Rofe (Lib) | Raymond Bell (Ind) John Henshaw (Ind) |
  | Newcastle | Labor | Arthur Wade | Arthur Thomas (Lib) | |
  | Northcott | Liberal | Sabine Willis | Jim Cameron (Lib) | |
  | Orange | Country | Maxwell Dunn | Garry West (CP) | |
  | Oxley | Country | Peter Tullgren | Bruce Cowan (CP) | |
  | Parramatta | Labor | Barry Wilde | James Brown (Lib) | Barrie Sharpe (WP) |
  | Peats | Labor | Keith O'Connell | Peter Walsh (Lib) | |
  | Penrith | Labor | Ron Mulock | Eileen Cammack (Lib) | Roy Allsopp (Ind) |
  | Phillip | Labor | Pat Hills | Peter Starr (Lib) | Judy Mundey (CPA) Deborah Shnookal (SWP) |
  | Pittwater | Liberal | Charles Wild | Bruce Webster (Lib) | John Booth (WP) Peter Middlebrook (Ind) |
  | Raleigh | Country | Joseph Moran | Jim Brown (CP) | |
  | Rockdale | Labor | Brian Bannon | Raymond Scaysbrook (Lib) | |
  | South Coast | Independent | | Irwin Heaton (Lib) | Noel Dennett (WP) John Hatton* (Ind) |
  | Sturt | Country | Cuthbert Richardson | Tim Fischer (CP) | |
  | Tamworth | Country | Noel Cassel | Noel Park (CP) | |
  | Temora | Country | Alroy Provan | Jim Taylor (CP) | Wesley Berryman (Ind) |
  | Tenterfield | Country | Joseph Hughes | Tim Bruxner (CP) | |
  | The Hills | Liberal | Paul Gibson | Max Ruddock (Lib) | |
  | Upper Hunter | Country | Michael Reddy | Col Fisher (CP) | |
  | Vaucluse | Liberal | Barbara Fuller-Quinn | Keith Doyle (Lib) | |
  | Wagga Wagga | Liberal | Richard Gorman | Joe Schipp (Lib) | |
  | Wakehurst | Liberal | Noel Berrell | Allan Viney (Lib) | |
  | Wallsend | Labor | Ken Booth | Stephen Walker (Lib) | |
  | Waratah | Labor | Sam Jones | Richard Bevan (Lib) | |
  | Waverley | Labor | Syd Einfeld | Geoffrey Mort (Lib) | |
  | Wentworthville | Labor | Ernie Quinn | John Griffiths (Lib) | Heather Gow (Ind) |
  | Willoughby | Liberal | Eddie Britt | Laurie McGinty (Lib) | |
  | Wollondilly | Liberal | Bill Knott | Tom Lewis (Lib) | William Tangye (Ind) Victor Thomas (WP) |
  | Wollongong | Labor | Eric Ramsay | Ian Brown (Lib) | |
  | Woronora | Labor | Maurie Keane | Ronald Ricketts (Lib) | |
  | Yaralla | Liberal | Derek Margerison | Lerryn Mutton (Lib) | |
  | Young | Country | Timothy West | George Freudenstein (CP) | |
  