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

• William Coulter MLC
• Walter Geraghty MLC
• Edna Roper MLC
• Amelia Rygate MLC
• Leroy Serisier MLC
• Norman Thom MLC

Liberal

• Douglas Darby MLA (Manly)
• Keith Doyle MLA (Vaucluse)
• Ian Griffith MLA (Cronulla)
• Gordon Mackie MLA (Albury)
• Thomas Erskine MLC
• Stanley Eskell MLC
• Dick Evans MLC
• Ted Humphries MLC
• Thomas McKay MLC
• Anne Press MLC
• Walter Scott MLC
• Sir Edward Warren MLC

Country

• Sir Harry Budd MLC
• Otway Falkiner MLC
• Sir John Fuller MLC
• Sir Asher Joel MLC
• Geoffrey Keighley MLC
• Richmond Manyweathers MLC
• Ronald Raines MLC

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	Harold Mair	Clifford Chamberlain (CP) Phillip Williams (Lib)
Armidale	Country	Bill McCarthy	David Leitch (CP)	Sidney Burkey (Dem)
Ashfield	Labor	Paul Whelan	Arthur McDonald (Lib)
Auburn	Labor	Peter Cox	Maree Lloyd (Lib)	Aileen Beaver (CPA)
Balmain	Labor	Roger Degen	Ivor Balmain (Lib)	Brian Aarons (CPA) Lynda Boland (SWP)
Bankstown	Labor	Nick Kearns	John Ghent (Lib)	Vera Stewart (Dem)
Barwon	Country	Marshall Duncan	Wal Murray (CP)
Bass Hill	Labor	Neville Wran	Phillip Wearne (Lib)	Gillian Benn (Dem)
Bathurst	Country	Mark Worthington	Clive Osborne (CP)
Blacktown	Labor	Gordon Barnier	Alfred Spiteri (Lib)	Colin Mannix (Dem)
Bligh	Liberal	Suzanne Ashmore-Smith	John Barraclough (Lib)	Susanna Dodgson (Dem)
Blue Mountains	Labor	Mick Clough		Harold Coates (Ind) William Player (Dem)
Broken Hill	Labor	Lew Johnstone	John Betterman (CP) Peter Swan (Lib)
Burrendong	Country	Reynold Toyer	Roger Wotton (CP)
Burrinjuck	Labor	Terry Sheahan	Craddock Adams (CP)
Burwood	Liberal	Phil O'Neill	John Jackett (Lib)	Stephen Kirkham (Dem)
Byron	Country	Thomas Hogan	Jack Boyd (CP)	Raymond Hunter (Mar) Marcia Ritchie (Dem)
Campbelltown	Labor	Cliff Mallam	William Sadler (Lib)	Mervyn Blinman (TAG) Judith Bradbury (Dem) John Hennessey (Ind Lab)
Canterbury	Labor	Kevin Stewart	Marjorie Pennington (Lib)
Casino	Labor	Don Day	William Marshall (CP) Colin Sullivan (CP)	Peter Den Exter (Ind)
Castlereagh	Labor	Jack Renshaw	John Browne (Lib) John Hickmott (CP)
Cessnock	Labor	Bob Brown	Terrence Nicholas (Lib)
Charlestown	Labor	Richard Face	Richard Bevan (Lib)
Clarence	Country	Danny Signor	Matt Singleton (CP)	John Kelly (Ind)
Coogee	Labor	Michael Cleary	David Kinsman (Lib)	Leslie Reiss (Dem)
Corrimal	Labor	Laurie Kelly	Peter Atkins (Lib)	Leslie Scott (Dem)
Cronulla	Liberal	Michael Egan	Dennis Porter (Lib)
Davidson	Liberal	Christopher Lennon	Dick Healey (Lib)
Drummoyne	Labor	Michael Maher	William Rowlings (Lib)
Dubbo	Liberal	Roger Grealy	John Mason (Lib)
Earlwood	Labor	Ken Gabb	Alan Jones (Lib)	Charles Bingle (Ind)
East Hills	Labor	Pat Rogan	Nefra Clarke (Lib)	Paul Terrett (Dem)
Eastwood	Liberal	Jan Murray	Jim Clough (Lib)	Phillip Cockell (Dem)
Fairfield	Labor	Eric Bedford	Charles Rogers (Lib)	Frank Havlan (Dem)
Fuller	Liberal	Rodney Cavalier	Peter Coleman (Lib)	Shirley Berg (Dem)
Georges River	Labor	Frank Walker	John Lyon (Lib)	Montague Greene (Dem)
Gloucester	Country	Ronald Aiken	Leon Punch (CP)	Bruce MacKenzie (Ind)
Gordon	Liberal	Arthur Litchfield	Tim Moore (Lib)	Ilse Robey (Dem)
Gosford	Labor	Brian McGowan	Andrew Fennell (Lib)	John Cleverly (Dem) Stanley Williams (Ind)
Goulburn	Country	Brian Lulham	Ron Brewer (CP)	Gregory Butler (Dem)
Granville	Labor	Pat Flaherty	Florence Maio (Lib)	Ronald Harrison (Dem) Paul Petit (SWP)
Hawkesbury	Liberal	Alwyn Lindfield	Kevin Rozzoli (Lib)
Heathcote	Labor	Rex Jackson	Ron Phillips (Lib)	James Dredge (Dem)
Heffron	Labor	Laurie Brereton	George Balos (Lib)
Hornsby	Liberal	Christopher Gorrick	Neil Pickard (Lib)
Hurstville	Labor	Kevin Ryan	Ian Brown (Lib)
Illawarra	Labor	George Petersen	Malcolm Yates (Lib)	William Speirs (Dem)
Kirribilli	Liberal	Glen Batchelor	Bruce McDonald (Lib)
Kogarah	Labor	Bill Crabtree	Terrence Fraser (Lib)
Ku-ring-gai	Liberal	Ian Cameron	John Maddison (Lib)
Lake Macquarie	Labor	Merv Hunter	Oliver Fennell (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey (Dem)
Lakemba	Labor	Vince Durick	Robin Graham (Lib)	Brenda Adams (Dem)
Lane Cove	Liberal	Elizabeth Bishop	John Dowd (Lib)	John Newman (Dem)
Lismore	Country	William Slade	Bruce Duncan (CP)	Shirley Ryan (Dem)
Liverpool	Labor	George Paciullo	John Books (Lib)	Raymond Benn (Dem)
Maitland	Liberal	Noel Unicomb	Milton Morris (Lib)
Manly	Liberal	Alan Stewart	George Ashley (Lib)	Anthony Dorney (Ind) John McGruer (Dem)
Maroubra	Labor	Bill Haigh	Kenneth Findlay (Lib)	Ronald Brewer (Dem)
Marrickville	Labor	Tom Cahill	Costa Lianos (Lib)	David Gibson (SPA)
Merrylands	Labor	Jack Ferguson	John Melouney (Lib)	Norma Wade (Dem)
Miranda	Liberal	Bill Robb	Tim Walker (Lib)	William Sibley (Dem)
Monaro	Labor	John Akister	John Ballesty (Lib) Thomas Barry (CP)	Graham Edwards (Ind)
Mosman	Liberal	Elizabeth Hood	David Arblaster (Lib)
Mount Druitt	Labor	Tony Johnson	Thomas Rands (Lib)	Victoria Wootten (CPA)
Munmorah	Labor	Harry Jensen	Brian Taylor (Lib)
Murray	Liberal	Robert Allen Brian Oates	Mary Meillon (Lib)	Gregory Graham (Ind)
Murrumbidgee	Labor	Lin Gordon	Harold Bancroft (Lib) John Sullivan (CP)	Thomas Marriott (Ind)
Nepean	Liberal	Peter Anderson	Ron Rofe (Lib)	Ronald Edwards (Dem)
Newcastle	Labor	Arthur Wade	Elaine Samuels (Lib)
Northcott	Liberal	Kristine Klugman	Jim Cameron (Lib)	Graham Blackman (Dem)
Orange	Country	Harold Gartrell	Garry West (CP)
Oxley	Country	John Eastman	Bruce Cowan (CP)
Parramatta	Labor	Barry Wilde	Roy McAuley (Lib)	Stephen Mason (Dem)
Peats	Labor	Keith O'Connell	Robert Hanington (Lib)	Ray Griffiths (Dem) Barry Phillips (Ind)
Penrith	Labor	Ron Mulock	Geoffrey Saunders (Lib)
Phillip	Labor	Pat Hills	Philip Daley (Lib)	Gordon Adler (SWP) Judy Mundey (CPA)
Pittwater	Liberal	Charles Wild	Max Smith (Lib)	Kerry Warr (Dem) John Webeck (Ind)
Raleigh	Country	Joseph Moran	Jim Brown (CP)
Rockdale	Labor	Brian Bannon	Joan Loew (Lib)	Edwin Bellchambers (Ind)
South Coast	Independent		Peter Ryan (Lib)	John Hatton (Ind)
Sturt	Country	Michael Anthony	Tim Fischer (CP)
Tamworth	Country	William Forrest	Noel Park (CP)	Noel Cassel (Ind) Peter McLoughlin (Dem)
Temora	Country	Alroy Provan	Jim Taylor (CP)
Tenterfield	Country	Jim Curran	Tim Bruxner (CP)
The Hills	Liberal	Paul Gibson	Fred Caterson (Lib)	Robert Blackman (Dem)
Upper Hunter	Country	Ronald Brumpton	Col Fisher (CP)
Vaucluse	Liberal	Barbara Fuller-Quinn	Rosemary Foot (Lib)	Norman Majer (Dem)
Wagga Wagga	Liberal	Thomas Watson	Joe Schipp (Lib)	Anthony Robinson (Ind)
Wakehurst	Liberal	Tom Webster	Allan Viney (Lib)
Wallsend	Labor	Ken Booth	Denise Martin (Lib)
Waratah	Labor	Sam Jones	Beryl Humble (Lib)	Christopher Dodds (CPA)
Waverley	Labor	Syd Einfeld	Margaret Davis (Lib)	Christopher Allen (Ind) Moshe Levy (Ind Lib) Michael Smythe (Dem)
Wentworthville	Labor	Ernie Quinn	Edward Roberts (Lib)	Peggy Cable (Dem)
Willoughby	Liberal	Eddie Britt	Nick Greiner (Lib)	Laurie McGinty (Ind Lib) Christine Townend (Dem)
Wollondilly	Liberal	Bill Knott	Peter Reynolds (Lib)	Paul Stocker (Dem) Robert Wilson (Ind)
Wollongong	Labor	Eric Ramsay	Ronald Brooks (Lib)	Andrew Jamieson (SWP) Ross Sampson (Dem)
Woronora	Labor	Maurie Keane	Brian Hickey (Lib)	Robert Davis (Dem)
Yaralla	Liberal	Garry McIlwaine	Lerryn Mutton (Lib)	Christopher Dunkerley (Dem)
Young	Country	Timothy West	George 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
Joe Thompson* Dorothy Isaksen* Barrie Unsworth* Marie Fisher* Clive Healey* Deirdre Grusovin* Jim Kaldis* Norm King* Peter Watkins* Ron Dyer	Virginia Chadwick* (Lib) Bob Rowland Smith* (CP) Frank Calabro* (Lib) Lloyd Lange* (Lib) Toby MacDiarmid* (CP) Peter Philips* (Lib) Greg Percival* (Lib) Jack Doohan* (CP) Diana Downie (Lib) Doug Moppett (CP)	Paul McLean Ronald Mallett Malcolm Hilbery Charles Boag Laurence Bourke James Boow Joan Kersey Bruce Irwin George Laron Anita Stiller	Frieda Brown Malcolm Garvin	Jack Mundey Melva Merletto Darrell Dawson	Peter Livesey James Billington
Group C candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Frank Oliveri Norman Young	Ross Green Brian Brady Frank Arkell Judith Courtney William Whitby Allen Hands Rudolph Dezelin

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1978–1981
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1978–1981

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).