Electoral district of Wollongong-Kembla
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong-Kembla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1941 and abolished in 1968, being split into Wollongong and Kembla.[1][2][3]
Members for Wollongong-Kembla
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Davies | Labor | 1941–1949 | |
| Baden Powell | Labor | 1950–1950 | |
| Rex Connor | Labor | 1950–1963 | |
| Doug Porter | Labor | 1964–1965 | |
| Jack Hough | Liberal | 1965–1968 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Doug Porter | 9,805 | 46.7 | −11.8 | |
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 9,539 | 45.4 | +3.9 | |
| Independent | Andrew Gibson | 903 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Independent | Peter Barnes | 760 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,007 | 97.2 | −1.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 613 | 2.8 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 21,620 | 94.8 | −1.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Jack Hough | 10,697 | 50.9 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Doug Porter | 10,310 | 49.1 | −9.4 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.4 | |||
