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]
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 |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wollongong-Kembla |
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 |