User:DilatoryRevolution/Candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election

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

Retiring MPs
The following members have announced they are not contesting the upcoming election:

Labor

 * Walt Secord MLC – announced 19 August 2022
 * Adam Searle MLC – lost preselection 15 September 2022
 * Shaoquett Moselmane MLC – did not nominate for endorsement

Liberal

 * Shelley Hancock MP (South Coast) – announced 18 December 2021
 * Gabrielle Upton MP (Vaucluse) – announced 6 July 2022
 * Kevin Conolly MP (Riverstone) – announced 15 August 2022
 * Victor Dominello MP (Ryde) – announced 17 August 2022
 * Geoff Lee MP (Parramatta) – announced 22 August 2022
 * Jonathan O'Dea MP (Davidson) – announced 6 September 2022
 * Rob Stokes MP (Pittwater) – announced 30 September 2022

Nationals

 * Stephen Bromhead MP (Myall Lakes) – announced 17 August 2022
 * Chris Gulaptis MP (Clarence) – announced 22 August 2022
 * Melinda Pavey MP (Oxley) – announced 28 August 2022

Other

 * Mark Pearson MLC (Animal Justice Party)

Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text.

Legislative Council
Sitting members are shown in bold text.

Half of the Legislative Council was not up for re-election. This included seven Labor members (Tara Moriarty, Penny Sharpe, Greg Donnelly, Anthony D'Adam, Daniel Mookhey, Peter Primrose, Mark Buttigieg), five Liberal members (Damien Tudehope, Taylor Martin, Natalie Ward, Natasha Maclaren-Jones 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 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-National Coalition is defending nine seats. The Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party and the Animal Justice Party are each defend defending one seat. Additionally two independents (elected as a Greens member and a Christian Democratic member respectively) are defending their seats.