Electoral district of Kembla
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Kembla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales for a single term from 1968 to 1971, named after the Mount Kembla or Port Kembla. It replaced part of Wollongong-Kembla and Illawarra and was replaced by Illawarra. Its only member was George Petersen.[1][2][3]
Members for Kembla
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Petersen | Labor | 1968–1971 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Petersen | 13,840 | 61.8 | ||
| Liberal | Jack Walker | 6,292 | 28.1 | ||
| Independent | Teresa Gibbons | 1,304 | 5.8 | ||
| Communist | Melva Merletto | 561 | 2.5 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Malcolm | 399 | 1.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 22,396 | 96.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 864 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 23,260 | 94.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | George Petersen | 14,934 | 66.7 | ||
| Liberal | Jack Walker | 7,462 | 33.3 | ||
| Labor win | (new seat) | ||||
