Electoral district of Wollongong-Kembla

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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

	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

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

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References

↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
↑ 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.

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[1] Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[Green_Wollongong_Kembla-3] 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.

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Electoral district of Wollongong-Kembla

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Members for Wollongong-Kembla

Election results

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