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Candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election

This is a list of the candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election, which will be held on 25 March 2023.

Retiring MPs

The following members announced they would not be contesting the 2023 election:

Labor

Liberal

Nationals

Independent

Other

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. The candidates have been derived from the NSW Electoral Commission website.[28]

Legislative Council

Sitting members are shown in bold text.

Half of the Legislative Council is not up for re-election. This includes seven Labor members (Tara Moriarty, Penny Sharpe, Greg Donnelly, Anthony D'Adam, Daniel Mookhey, Peter Primrose, and Mark Buttigieg), five Liberal members (Damien Tudehope, Taylor Martin, Natalie Ward, Natasha Maclaren-Jones[f] and Aileen MacDonald), three Nationals members (Sarah Mitchell, Wes Fang and Sam Farraway), two Greens members (Abigail Boyd and Sue Higginson), two One Nation members (Mark Latham[f] and Rod Roberts), one Shooters and Fishers member (Mark Banasiak) and one Animal Justice member (Emma Hurst).

The Labor Party is defending seven seats. The Liberal Party is defending six seats. The National Party is defending three seats. The Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and the Animal Justice Party are each defending one seat. Independent Fred Nile, elected as a Christian Democratic member, is defending his seat; and independent Justin Field, elected as a Greens member, is not defending his seat.

Disendorsements and resignations

Notes

  1. ^ Farlow assumed the casual vacancy created by Natasha Maclaren-Jones following the election.[20]
  2. ^ Bromhead died on 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ Endorsed by unregistered Australians United.[29]
  4. ^ a b Endorsed by unregistered Socialist Equality Party.
  5. ^ a b Endorsed by unregistered Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia.
  6. ^ a b Resigning to recontest the Legislative Council
  7. ^ Endorsed by unregistered Family First Party.
  8. ^ Endorsed by unregistered United Australia Party.
  9. ^ Endorsed by the unregistered Call To Freedom Party.[33]
  10. ^ Endorsed by unregistered Revive Australia Party (Fred Nile Alliance).[34]
  11. ^ a b Previously associated with the now-dissolved Christian Democratic Party.
  12. ^ Endorsed by unregistered Christians For Community.[35]
  13. ^ Endorsed by unregistered AustraliaOne.[36]
  14. ^ Endorsed by unregistered Homes First.[37]

References

  1. ^ Cockburn, Paige. "NSW Labor MP Walt Secord to retire from politics following allegations of bullying". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  2. ^ a b Gramenz, Jack; Loomes, Phoebe. "NSW Labor MP Walt Secord to retire from politics following allegations of bullying". Braidwood Times/AAP. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  3. ^ a b O'Keefe, Chris. "Sitting Labor MLC's Adam Searle, Walt Secord (retiring) and Shaoquett Moselmane have been dumped from the ALP Upper House ticket. Replaced by Emily Suvaal, Khal Asfour and Stephen Lawrence. @9NewsSyd #nswpol". Twitter.
  4. ^ a b O'Doherty, James. "NSW ALP boss Bob Nanva's bid to parachute himself into upper house seat fails". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  5. ^ "Guy Zangari: Fairfield MP won't stand for re-election in 2024". The Daily Telegraph. News Corp Australia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  6. ^ Smith, Alexandra (14 November 2022). "NSW Liberals need 'brave conversation' around quotas: Natalie Ward". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Nick Lalich, MP for #Cabramatta, has announced he will be retiring at the next State election! After 35yrs, he's decided to call it a day and will not seek re-selection at the next election for the seat of Cabramatta". Twitter. 2022-12-24. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  8. ^ Smith, Alexandra (2022-09-21). "Labor preselection turf war hands Perrottet a political gift". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
  9. ^ Gorrey, Megan; McGuire, Amelia; Morris, Linda. "Melinda Pavey dropped from cabinet ahead of long-anticipated reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  10. ^ Rabe, Tom. "Vaucluse Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton to quit politics ahead of next election". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  11. ^ Bharadwaj, Angira. "Veteran Riverstone MP Kevin Conolly to retire at the 2023 NSW election". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  12. ^ Saunokonoko, Mark (2022-08-17). "NSW Minister Victor Dominello retires from politics over 'deteriorating' family health issue". 9News. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  13. ^ Smith, Alexandra (22 August 2022). "Second minister pulls the plug on the Perrottet government". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  14. ^ Smith, Alexandra (2022-09-05). "NSW Speaker to quit state parliament and the Liberals' safest seat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-06.
  15. ^ Rabe, Tom; Cormack, Lucy (30 September 2022). "Rob Stokes to resign from NSW politics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  16. ^ Rabe, Tom (2022-10-22). "Divisive NSW Minister David Elliott to quit state politics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-10-22.
  17. ^ Smith, Alexandra (24 October 2022). "Brad Hazzard, minister who guided NSW through COVID, to quit politics". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  18. ^ a b c Smith, Alexandra (22 December 2022). "Perrottet intervenes to ensure Liberal women preselected for upper house". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  19. ^ Koziol, Michael (2023-02-18). "Peter Poulos suspended from Liberal party, disendorced as NSW election candidate". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  20. ^ "NSW Liberals avoid messy preselection fight, strike deal on women-focused upper house ticket". ABC News. 2022-12-27. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  21. ^ "Myall Lakes MP announces retirement". 17 August 2022.
  22. ^ MacKenzie, Bruce (22 August 2022). "Nationals MP Chris Gulaptis announces retirement from seat of Clarence". ABC News. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  23. ^ AAP staff writers (28 August 2022). "Melinda Pavey joins departing NSW MPs". Perth Now. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  24. ^ Fuller, Kelly (17 October 2022). "Retiring independent MP Justin Field condemns NSW government environment record". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  25. ^ Demetriadi, Alex. "John Sidoti: Drummoyne MP standing down from politics, lashes ICAC for 'political witch hunt'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  26. ^ Cormack, Lucy; Rabe, Tom. "Balmain Greens MP Jamie Parker to quit politics at state election". The Age. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  27. ^ "Animal Justice Party 2022 National Conference program". Animal Justice Party. p. 5. Retrieved 28 November 2022. Pearson's term is coming to an end in March 2023
  28. ^ "2023 NSW State Election Candidates". NSW Electoral Commission.
  29. ^ "Fed up with the United Australia Party, former members band together and make 'The Australians United' party". The Feed SBS.
  30. ^ a b Parris, Michael (12 March 2023). "NSW election 2023: Nationals disendorse Cessnock candidate Ash Barnham over social media posts". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  31. ^ a b Towell, Noel; Napier-Raman, Kishor (23 March 2023). "Shooters, Fishers and Farmers dump candidate over pro-Putin views". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  32. ^ a b Maddison, Max (13 March 2023). "Liberal hopeful Matthew Squires axed for gay hate posts". The Australian. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  33. ^ "Call For Freedom Party Website". Call for Freedom Party. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  34. ^ "2023 NSW State Election - Register of Groups of Candidates - 14/03/2023" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  35. ^ "Legislative Council Candidates". Christians for Community. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  36. ^ "AUSTRALIAONE". AustraliaOne. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  37. ^ "Lee Howe - Vote 1 Homes First". www.vote1homesfirst.com.au. Homes First. Retrieved 21 March 2023.