Candidates of the 1978 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1978 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 7 October 1978.

Retiring Members

Note: Tom Lewis MLA (Liberal, Wollondilly), George Neilly MLA (Labor, Cessnock) and Bruce Webster MLA (Liberal, Pittwater) all resigned some months prior to the election, but avoiding by-elections for their seats was one of the pretexts for the early election.

Labor

Liberal

Country

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
 
AlburyLiberalHarold MairClifford Chamberlain (CP)
Phillip Williams (Lib)
ArmidaleCountryBill McCarthyDavid Leitch (CP)Sidney Burkey (Dem)
AshfieldLaborPaul WhelanArthur McDonald (Lib)
AuburnLaborPeter CoxMaree Lloyd (Lib)Aileen Beaver (CPA)
BalmainLaborRoger DegenIvor Balmain (Lib)Brian Aarons (CPA)
Lynda Boland (SWP)
BankstownLaborNick KearnsJohn Ghent (Lib)Vera Stewart (Dem)
BarwonCountryMarshall DuncanWal Murray (CP)
Bass HillLaborNeville WranPhillip Wearne (Lib)Gillian Benn (Dem)
BathurstCountryMark WorthingtonClive Osborne (CP)
BlacktownLaborGordon BarnierAlfred Spiteri (Lib)Colin Mannix (Dem)
BlighLiberalSuzanne Ashmore-SmithJohn Barraclough (Lib)Susanna Dodgson (Dem)
Blue MountainsLaborMick CloughHarold Coates (Ind)
William Player (Dem)
Broken HillLaborLew JohnstoneJohn Betterman (CP)
Peter Swan (Lib)
BurrendongCountryReynold ToyerRoger Wotton (CP)
BurrinjuckLaborTerry SheahanCraddock Adams (CP)
BurwoodLiberalPhil O'NeillJohn Jackett (Lib)Stephen Kirkham (Dem)
ByronCountryThomas HoganJack Boyd (CP)Raymond Hunter (Mar)
Marcia Ritchie (Dem)
CampbelltownLaborCliff MallamWilliam Sadler (Lib)Mervyn Blinman (TAG)
Judith Bradbury (Dem)
John Hennessey (Ind Lab)
CanterburyLaborKevin StewartMarjorie Pennington (Lib)
CasinoLaborDon DayWilliam Marshall (CP)
Colin Sullivan (CP)
Peter Den Exter (Ind)
CastlereaghLaborJack RenshawJohn Browne (Lib)
John Hickmott (CP)
CessnockLaborBob BrownTerrence Nicholas (Lib)
CharlestownLaborRichard FaceRichard Bevan (Lib)
ClarenceCountryDanny SignorMatt Singleton (CP)John Kelly (Ind)
CoogeeLaborMichael ClearyDavid Kinsman (Lib)Leslie Reiss (Dem)
CorrimalLaborLaurie KellyPeter Atkins (Lib)Leslie Scott (Dem)
CronullaLiberalMichael EganDennis Porter (Lib)
DavidsonLiberalChristopher LennonDick Healey (Lib)
DrummoyneLaborMichael MaherWilliam Rowlings (Lib)
DubboLiberalRoger GrealyJohn Mason (Lib)
EarlwoodLaborKen GabbAlan Jones (Lib)Charles Bingle (Ind)
East HillsLaborPat RoganNefra Clarke (Lib)Paul Terrett (Dem)
EastwoodLiberalJan MurrayJim Clough (Lib)Phillip Cockell (Dem)
FairfieldLaborEric BedfordCharles Rogers (Lib)Frank Havlan (Dem)
FullerLiberalRodney CavalierPeter Coleman (Lib)Shirley Berg (Dem)
Georges RiverLaborFrank WalkerJohn Lyon (Lib)Montague Greene (Dem)
GloucesterCountryRonald AikenLeon Punch (CP)Bruce MacKenzie (Ind)
GordonLiberalArthur LitchfieldTim Moore (Lib)Ilse Robey (Dem)
GosfordLaborBrian McGowanAndrew Fennell (Lib)John Cleverly (Dem)
Stanley Williams (Ind)
GoulburnCountryBrian LulhamRon Brewer (CP)Gregory Butler (Dem)
GranvilleLaborPat FlahertyFlorence Maio (Lib)Ronald Harrison (Dem)
Paul Petit (SWP)
HawkesburyLiberalAlwyn LindfieldKevin Rozzoli (Lib)
HeathcoteLaborRex JacksonRon Phillips (Lib)James Dredge (Dem)
HeffronLaborLaurie BreretonGeorge Balos (Lib)
HornsbyLiberalChristopher GorrickNeil Pickard (Lib)
HurstvilleLaborKevin RyanIan Brown (Lib)
IllawarraLaborGeorge PetersenMalcolm Yates (Lib)William Speirs (Dem)
KirribilliLiberalGlen BatchelorBruce McDonald (Lib)
KogarahLaborBill CrabtreeTerrence Fraser (Lib)
Ku-ring-gaiLiberalIan CameronJohn Maddison (Lib)
Lake MacquarieLaborMerv HunterOliver Fennell (Lib)Lyn Godfrey (Dem)
LakembaLaborVince DurickRobin Graham (Lib)Brenda Adams (Dem)
Lane CoveLiberalElizabeth BishopJohn Dowd (Lib)John Newman (Dem)
LismoreCountryWilliam SladeBruce Duncan (CP)Shirley Ryan (Dem)
LiverpoolLaborGeorge PaciulloJohn Books (Lib)Raymond Benn (Dem)
MaitlandLiberalNoel UnicombMilton Morris (Lib)
ManlyLiberalAlan StewartGeorge Ashley (Lib)Anthony Dorney (Ind)
John McGruer (Dem)
MaroubraLaborBill HaighKenneth Findlay (Lib)Ronald Brewer (Dem)
MarrickvilleLaborTom CahillCosta Lianos (Lib)David Gibson (SPA)
MerrylandsLaborJack FergusonJohn Melouney (Lib)Norma Wade (Dem)
MirandaLiberalBill RobbTim Walker (Lib)William Sibley (Dem)
MonaroLaborJohn AkisterJohn Ballesty (Lib)
Thomas Barry (CP)
Graham Edwards (Ind)
MosmanLiberalElizabeth HoodDavid Arblaster (Lib)
Mount DruittLaborTony JohnsonThomas Rands (Lib)Victoria Wootten (CPA)
MunmorahLaborHarry JensenBrian Taylor (Lib)
MurrayLiberalRobert Allen
Brian Oates
Mary Meillon (Lib)Gregory Graham (Ind)
MurrumbidgeeLaborLin GordonHarold Bancroft (Lib)
John Sullivan (CP)
Thomas Marriott (Ind)
NepeanLiberalPeter AndersonRon Rofe (Lib)Ronald Edwards (Dem)
NewcastleLaborArthur WadeElaine Samuels (Lib)
NorthcottLiberalKristine KlugmanJim Cameron (Lib)Graham Blackman (Dem)
OrangeCountryHarold GartrellGarry West (CP)
OxleyCountryJohn EastmanBruce Cowan (CP)
ParramattaLaborBarry WildeRoy McAuley (Lib)Stephen Mason (Dem)
PeatsLaborKeith O'ConnellRobert Hanington (Lib)Ray Griffiths (Dem)
Barry Phillips (Ind)
PenrithLaborRon MulockGeoffrey Saunders (Lib)
PhillipLaborPat HillsPhilip Daley (Lib)Gordon Adler (SWP)
Judy Mundey (CPA)
PittwaterLiberalCharles WildMax Smith (Lib)Kerry Warr (Dem)
John Webeck (Ind)
RaleighCountryJoseph MoranJim Brown (CP)
RockdaleLaborBrian BannonJoan Loew (Lib)Edwin Bellchambers (Ind)
South CoastIndependentPeter Ryan (Lib)John Hatton (Ind)
SturtCountryMichael AnthonyTim Fischer (CP)
TamworthCountryWilliam ForrestNoel Park (CP)Noel Cassel (Ind)
Peter McLoughlin (Dem)
TemoraCountryAlroy ProvanJim Taylor (CP)
TenterfieldCountryJim CurranTim Bruxner (CP)
The HillsLiberalPaul GibsonFred Caterson (Lib)Robert Blackman (Dem)
Upper HunterCountryRonald BrumptonCol Fisher (CP)
VaucluseLiberalBarbara Fuller-QuinnRosemary Foot (Lib)Norman Majer (Dem)
Wagga WaggaLiberalThomas WatsonJoe Schipp (Lib)Anthony Robinson (Ind)
WakehurstLiberalTom WebsterAllan Viney (Lib)
WallsendLaborKen BoothDenise Martin (Lib)
WaratahLaborSam JonesBeryl Humble (Lib)Christopher Dodds (CPA)
WaverleyLaborSyd EinfeldMargaret Davis (Lib)Christopher Allen (Ind)
Moshe Levy (Ind Lib)
Michael Smythe (Dem)
WentworthvilleLaborErnie QuinnEdward Roberts (Lib)Peggy Cable (Dem)
WilloughbyLiberalEddie BrittNick Greiner (Lib)Laurie McGinty (Ind Lib)
Christine Townend (Dem)
WollondillyLiberalBill KnottPeter Reynolds (Lib)Paul Stocker (Dem)
Robert Wilson (Ind)
WollongongLaborEric RamsayRonald Brooks (Lib)Andrew Jamieson (SWP)
Ross Sampson (Dem)
WoronoraLaborMaurie KeaneBrian Hickey (Lib)Robert Davis (Dem)
YarallaLiberalGarry McIlwaineLerryn Mutton (Lib)Christopher Dunkerley (Dem)
YoungCountryTimothy WestGeorge Freudenstein (CP)

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MLC are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Democrats candidates Family Action candidates Communist candidates Marijuana candidates
 
  1. Joe Thompson*
  2. Dorothy Isaksen*
  3. Barrie Unsworth*
  4. Marie Fisher*
  5. Clive Healey*
  6. Deirdre Grusovin*
  7. Jim Kaldis*
  8. Norm King*
  9. Peter Watkins*
  10. Ron Dyer
  1. Virginia Chadwick* (Lib)
  2. Bob Rowland Smith* (CP)
  3. Frank Calabro* (Lib)
  4. Lloyd Lange* (Lib)
  5. Toby MacDiarmid* (CP)
  6. Peter Philips* (Lib)
  7. Greg Percival* (Lib)
  8. Jack Doohan* (CP)
  9. Diana Downie (Lib)
  10. Doug Moppett (CP)
  1. Paul McLean
  2. Ronald Mallett
  3. Malcolm Hilbery
  4. Charles Boag
  5. Laurence Bourke
  6. James Boow
  7. Joan Kersey
  8. Bruce Irwin
  9. George Laron
  10. Anita Stiller
  1. Frieda Brown
  2. Malcolm Garvin
  1. Jack Mundey
  2. Melva Merletto
  3. Darrell Dawson
  1. Peter Livesey
  2. James Billington
Group C candidates Ungrouped candidates
 
  1. Frank Oliveri
  2. Norman Young

Ross Green
Brian Brady
Frank Arkell
Judith Courtney
William Whitby
Allen Hands
Rudolph Dezelin

See also

References

  • Green, Antony. "1978 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.
  • Parliament of New South Wales. Parliamentary Papers (1981–82).
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