Electoral results for the district of Wollongong-Kembla

Wollongong-Kembla, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1941 and abolished in 1968.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1941   Billy Davies Labor
1944
1947
1950 by   Baden Powell Labor
1950   Rex Connor Labor
1953
1956
1959
1962
1964 by   Doug Porter Labor
1965   Jack Hough Liberal

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

1964 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1964 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election § Result.[edit]
1964 Wollongong-Kembla by-election
Saturday 29 February [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Porter 9,641 50.5 −8.0
Liberal Jack Hough 9,441 49.5 +8.0
Total formal votes 19,082 97.4 −1.0
Informal votes 512 2.6 +1.0
Turnout 19,594 85.4 −8.2
Labor hold Swing −8.2
Rex Connor (Labor) resigned.[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 [5]
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 [6]
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

1950 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1950 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election § Result.[edit]
1950 Wollongong-Kembla by-election
Saturday 11 February [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Baden Powell 7,674 50.9
Liberal Gerald Sargent 7,413 49.1
Total formal votes 15,087 98.5
Informal votes 230 1.5
Turnout 15,317 87.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Billy Davies (Labor) resigned to successfully contest the 1949 election for Cunningham.[7]

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 [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Davies unopposed
Labor hold  

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 [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Davies unopposed
Labor hold  

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 [10]
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 notional hold Swing

References

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  2. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Wollongong Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1950 Wollongong-Kembla by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1947 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1941 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.