Electoral district of Wollongong-Kembla

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]

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

Elections in the 1960s

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: 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

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Rex Connor	12,236	58.5	+0.1
	Liberal	Jack Hough	8,698	41.5	−0.1
Total formal votes			20,934	98.4
Informal votes			344	1.6
Turnout			21,278	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Rex Connor	11,515	58.4
	Liberal	Jack Hough	8,211	41.6
Total formal votes			19,726	97.6
Informal votes			475	2.4
Turnout			20,201	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Wollongong−Kembla[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Rex Connor	9,636	55.2	+0.3
	Liberal	Robert Albert	6,027	34.5	+34.5
	Independent	George Parker	1,785	10.2	−30.4
Total formal votes			17,448	98.3	+1.4
Informal votes			293	1.7	−1.4
Turnout			17,741	93.7	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Connor	10,528	60.3	+4.3
	Liberal	Robert Albert	6,920	39.7	+39.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Rex Connor	9,073	54.9
	Independent	George Parker	6,722	40.6
	Communist	William Harkness	740	4.5
Total formal votes			16,535	96.9
Informal votes			524	3.1
Turnout			17,059	94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Connor	9,443	57.1
	Independent	George Parker	7,092	42.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Rex Connor	7,808	47.9
	Liberal	Gerald Sargent	6,520	40.0
	Independent	Henry Graham	1,982	12.2
Total formal votes			16,310	98.6
Informal votes			234	1.4
Turnout			16,544	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Connor	8,484	52.0
	Liberal	Gerald Sargent	7,826	48.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Billy Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Billy Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Wollongong-Kembla[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Billy Davies	11,638	82.3
	State Labor	William Frame	2,511	17.7
Total formal votes			14,149	95.0
Informal votes			737	5.0
Turnout			14,886	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wollongong-Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "1953 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1950 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1947 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1944 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1941 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.