Candidates of the 1984 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates of the 1984 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 24 March 1984.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Don Day MLA (Clarence)
• Roger Degen MLA (Balmain)
• Vince Durick MLA (Lakemba)
• Jack Ferguson MLA (Merrylands)
• Pat Flaherty MLA (Granville)
• Lin Gordon MLA (Murrumbidgee)
• Keith O'Connell MLA (Peats)
• Eric Ramsay (Wollongong)
• Don Burton MLC
• Roy Turner MLC

Liberal

• David Arblaster MLA (Mosman)
• Fred Duncan MLC
• Derek Freeman MLC
• John Holt MLC
• Nathanael Orr MLC
• Bill Sandwith MLC

National

• Jack Boyd MLA (Byron)
• Ron Brewer MLA (Goulburn)
• Jim Brown MLA (Oxley)
• Bill Kennedy 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	Democrats candidate	Other candidates
Albury	Labor	Harold Mair	Ian Glachan (Lib)	Christopher Rooke
Ashfield	Labor	Paul Whelan	Geoffrey Howe (Lib)
Auburn	Labor	Peter Cox	Rudolph Ognibene (Lib)
Balmain	Labor	Peter Crawford	Gibson Bennie (Lib)	Karen McEwan	Noel Hazard (SLL)
Bankstown	Labor	Ric Mochalski	Terry McDonald (Lib)
Barwon	National	Bill Sinclair	Wal Murray (Nat)		Andrew Von Mergersen (Ind)
Bass Hill	Labor	Neville Wran	Peter Swiderski (Lib)		Julien Droulers (RP) Sandor Torzsok (CA)
Bathurst	Labor	Mick Clough	Clive Osborne (Nat) Trevor Toole (Nat)	Louis Winters
Blacktown	Labor	John Aquilina	David Bannerman (Lib)
Bligh	Labor	Fred Miller	Michael Yabsley (Lib)	Brian Hillman
Blue Mountains	Labor	Bob Debus	Margaret Bradshaw (Lib)	Steve Franklin	Bruce Fry (CTA)
Broken Hill	Labor	Bill Beckroge	Geoffrey Anderson (Lib) Neville Crisp (Nat)
Burrinjuck	Labor	Terry Sheahan	John Sharp (Nat)	Joyce Copeland
Burwood	Labor	Phil O'Neill	Paul Zammit (Lib)	Stephen Kirkham
Byron	National	Lyle Robb	Don Beck (Nat)	Kenneth Nicholson	James Mangleson (Ind) Alan Mountain (Ind)
Cabramatta	Labor	Eric Bedford	Maria Heggie (Lib)
Camden	Labor	Ralph Brading	John Fahey (Lib)
Campbelltown	Labor	Michael Knight	Violette Samaha (Lib)		Gordon Fetterplace (Ind) Edward Houston (Ind)
Canterbury	Labor	Kevin Stewart	Robert Sharp (Lib)
Castlereagh	National	Jim Curran	Roger Wotton (Nat)	Anne Graham
Cessnock	Labor	Stan Neilly	Gerard Berkhout (Lib)
Charlestown	Labor	Richard Face	Peter Wilson (Lib)
Clarence	Labor	Bill Day	Ian Causley (Nat)		Denis O'Keeffe (Ind)
Coffs Harbour	National	Laurence Brown	Matt Singleton (Nat)
Coogee	Labor	Michael Cleary	Ken Finn (Lib)	Gavan Schneider
Corrimal	Labor	Laurie Kelly	Colin Bruton (Lib)
Cronulla	Labor	Michael Egan	Malcolm Kerr (Lib)
Davidson	Liberal	Julie Sutton	Terry Metherell (Lib)	Anthony Dunne
Drummoyne	Labor	John Murray	Ben Sonego (Lib)
Dubbo	National	Gordon Lerve	Gerry Peacocke (Nat)
Earlwood	Labor	Ken Gabb	John Ryan (Lib)	Paul Terrett
East Hills	Labor	Pat Rogan	Max Parker (Lib)	Margaret Vitlin
Eastwood	Liberal	Joyce Tuckwell	Jim Clough (Lib)	Christopher Dunkerley
Elizabeth	Labor	Pat Hills	Philip Daley (Lib)	Jennifer MacLeod	Michael Matthews (Ind) Nadar Ponnuswamy (Ind)
Fairfield	Labor	Janice Crosio	Geoffrey Goninon (Lib)		Raymon Wilson (Ind)
Georges River	Labor	Frank Walker	Warren Griffin (Lib)
Gladesville	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	Ivan Petch (Lib)	John Sanders	John Egan (Ind) Michael Lardelli (Ind)
Gloucester	National	John Eastman	Leon Punch (Nat)
Gordon	Liberal	Robert Dubler	Tim Moore (Lib)	Kevin Gartrell-Wardale
Gosford	Labor	Brian McGowan	Chris Hartcher (Lib) Donald Leggett (Nat)	Gary Chestnut
Goulburn	National	Bob Stephens	Robert Webster (Nat)		Miriam Naughton (Ind) Ronald Sarina (Ind)
Granville	Labor	Laurie Ferguson	Yvonne Maio (Lib)
Hawkesbury	Liberal	Harmanus Toorneman	Kevin Rozzoli (Lib)
Heathcote	Labor	Rex Jackson	Gordon Davies (Lib)	Fran Johnson
Heffron	Labor	Laurie Brereton	Barry Devine (Lib)
Hornsby	Liberal	Christopher Gorrick	Neil Pickard (Lib)	Michael Pettigrew
Hurstville	Labor	Kevin Ryan	Guy Yeomans (Lib)
Illawarra	Labor	George Petersen	Dennis Owen (Lib)	James Kay
Ingleburn	Labor	Stan Knowles	Gary Lucas (Lib)
Kiama	Labor	Bill Knott	Warren Steel (Lib)
Kogarah	Labor	Brian Langton	Robert Young (Lib)	Ronald George
Ku-ring-gai	Liberal	Ian Cameron	Nick Greiner (Lib)	Pamela Tuckwell
Lachlan	National	Tim West	Ian Armstrong (Nat)
Lake Macquarie	Labor	Merv Hunter	Edward Hayes (Lib)	Edwina Wilson
Lakemba	Labor	Wes Davoren	Stephen Law (Lib)
Lane Cove	Liberal	Miron Shapira	John Dowd (Lib)	Graham Baker
Lismore	National	Claire Newton		Ivor Brown	Bruce Duncan (Ind)
Liverpool	Labor	George Paciullo	Anthony Garbin (Lib)		David Bransdon (Ind)
Maitland	Labor	Allan Walsh	Robert Gee (Nat) Donald Wilkinson (Lib)
Manly	Labor	Alan Stewart	David Hay (Lib)	Robert Leys	Joan Cooke (Ind) Margaret Lee (Ind)
Maroubra	Labor	Bob Carr	Phillip Abadee (Lib)
Marrickville	Labor	Andrew Refshauge	Peter Rout (Lib)	Michael Walsh
Merrylands	Labor	Geoff Irwin	Garo Gabrielian (Lib)		Alan Byers (Ind)
Miranda	Labor	Bill Robb	Ron Phillips (Lib)	Michael Moriarty
Monaro	Labor	John Akister	Ronald Formann (Nat) John Munro (Lib)
Mosman	Liberal	Liliane Leroy	Phillip Smiles (Lib)	Christine Townend	Dom Lopez (Ind)
Murray	National	Michael Anthony	Tim Fischer (Nat)	Gregory Butler	John Murphy (Ind)
Murrumbidgee	Labor	Margaret Delves	Adrian Cruickshank* (Nat) Brian Thornton (Lib)		Thomas Marriott (Ind)
Newcastle	Labor	Arthur Wade	Patricia Forsythe (Lib)	Stephen Jeffries	Frank Blefari (Ind)
Northcott	Liberal	Jan Dekker	Bruce Baird (Lib)	Clifford Wiltshire
Northern Tablelands	Labor	Bill McCarthy	Claude Cainero (Nat)
North Shore	Independent	Peter Semmler	Jillian Skinner (Lib)		Ted Mack (Ind)
Orange	National	Trevor Jaeger	Garry West (Nat)
Oxley	National	George Viskauskas	Bruce Jeffery (Nat)	William Giles	John Barrett (Ind)
Parramatta	Labor	Barry Wilde	John Worthington (Lib)	John Macrae	Kenneth Hale (Ind)
Peats	Labor	Paul Landa	Jim Lloyd (Lib)	John Aitken
Penrith	Labor	Peter Anderson	Ross Shuttleworth (Lib)	Kevin Crameri	Ian Perry (Ind)
Pittwater	Liberal	Denise Morgan	Max Smith (Lib)	Graeme MacLennan	John Webeck (Ind)
Riverstone	Labor	Richard Amery	Kenneth Jessup (Lib)
Rockdale	Labor	Brian Bannon	Bob Gemmell (Lib)		Edwin Bellchambers (Ind)
Ryde	Labor	Garry McIlwaine	Ian Kortlang (Lib)	Peter Chambers
St Marys	Labor	Ron Mulock	Daryl Chamberlain (Lib)	Viv Carter
Seven Hills	Labor	Bob Christie	Marc Clifford (Lib)
South Coast	Independent	Robyn Drysdale	David Egan (Lib)		John Hatton (Ind)
Swansea	Labor	Don Bowman	Milton Caine (Lib)	Lyn Godfrey	Ann Leahy (SLL)
Tamworth	National	Garry Ryan	Noel Park (Nat)	Anne Irvine
The Hills	Liberal	Barry Calvert	Fred Caterson (Lib)	Toni Chapman	John Griffiths (Ind)
Tuggerah	Labor	Harry Moore	Leslie Nunn (Lib)	Lynn Sawyer	Clem Payne (Ind)
Upper Hunter	National	Colleen Green	Col Fisher (Nat)
Vaucluse	Liberal	David Curtis	Rosemary Foot (Lib)	Joseph Zingarelli
Wagga Wagga	Liberal	Barry Leal	Joe Schipp (Lib)	Scott Milne
Wakehurst	Labor	Tom Webster	John Booth (Lib)	Laurence Bourke	Maurice Foley (Ind)
Wallsend	Labor	Ken Booth	Garry Carter (Lib)
Waratah	Labor	John Price	Ashley Saunders (Lib)	Wayne Jarman	John Cain (Ind) Sam Jones (Ind)
Waverley	Labor	Ernie Page	Dick Davidson (Lib)	Heather Meers	Peter Kristofferson (Ind) Dorothy Sekers (Ind)
Wentworthville	Labor	Ernie Quinn	Colin Edwards (Lib)	David Knight
Willoughby	Liberal	Eddie Britt	Peter Collins (Lib)	Sean Turkington
Wollongong	Labor	Rex Connor	Ronald Brooks (Lib)		Frank Arkell* (Ind) Rudolph Dezelin (Ind) Julius Kudrynski (Ind) Phillip Xenos (Ind)
Woronora	Labor	Maurie Keane	Chris Downy (Lib)	Ronald Hellyer

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	CTA candidates	Progress candidates	CCP candidates
Johno Johnson* Delcia Kite* Ron Dyer* John Morris* Ann Symonds* Keith Enderbury* Mick Ibbett* Judith Walker Tony Kelly Paul Toplis	John Hannaford* (Lib) Sir Adrian Solomons* (Nat) Jim Samios* (Lib) John Jobling* (Lib) Richard Bull* (Nat) Beryl Evans* (Lib) Judy Jakins* (Nat) Ray Aston (Lib) Brian Flower (Lib) Henry Mallam (Lib)	Ray Griffiths Rodney Dominish Peter Hains Rodney Irvine	Jim Cameron* Marie Bignold Graeme McLennan Kevin Hume Elaine Nile	Marjorie Wisby Archibald Brown	Verdun Walsh Margaret Bickley Peter Hinton
SMP candidates	Ungrouped candidates
Samuel Calvert Mary Burwood Lola Harradine	Michael Jeffreys David Noffs Jon Axtens Brian Howard George Sewell Oscar Landricho

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1984–1988
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1984–1988

References

• Green, Antony. "1984 Election candidate index". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. New South Wales Parliament.
• The Sydney Morning Herald.