Electoral results for the district of Wollongong-Kembla

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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]

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ElectionMemberParty
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Doug Porter 9,80546.7−11.8
Liberal Jack Hough 9,53945.4+3.9
Independent Andrew Gibson9034.3+4.3
Independent Peter Barnes7603.6+3.6
Total formal votes21,00797.2−1.2
Informal votes6132.8+1.2
Turnout 21,62094.8−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jack Hough 10,69750.9+9.4
Labor Doug Porter 10,31049.1−9.4
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Doug Porter 9,64150.5-8.0
Liberal Jack Hough 9,44149.5+8.0
Total formal votes19,08297.4-1.0
Informal votes5122.6+1.0
Turnout 19,59485.4-8.2
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Connor 12,23658.5+0.1
Liberal Jack Hough 8,69841.5−0.1
Total formal votes20,93498.4
Informal votes3441.6
Turnout 21,27893.6
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Connor 11,51558.4
Liberal Jack Hough 8,21141.6
Total formal votes19,72697.6
Informal votes4752.4
Turnout 20,20193.7
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Connor 9,63655.2+0.3
Liberal Robert Albert6,02734.5+34.5
Independent George Parker1,78510.2−30.4
Total formal votes17,44898.3+1.4
Informal votes2931.7−1.4
Turnout 17,74193.7−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 10,52860.3+4.3
Liberal Robert Albert6,92039.7+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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Connor 9,07354.9
Independent George Parker6,72240.6
Communist William Harkness7404.5
Total formal votes16,53596.9
Informal votes5243.1
Turnout 17,05994.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 9,44357.1
Independent George Parker7,09242.9
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Connor 7,80847.9
Liberal Gerald Sargent6,52040.0
Independent Henry Graham1,98212.2
Total formal votes16,31098.6
Informal votes2341.4
Turnout 16,54495.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 8,48452.0
Liberal Gerald Sargent7,82648.0
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Baden Powell 7,67450.9
Liberal Gerald Sargent7,41349.1
Total formal votes15,08798.5
Informal votes2301.5
Turnout 15,31787.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Billy Davies (Labor) resigned to successfully contest the 1949 election for Cunningham. [7]

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1944

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Billy Davies 11,63882.3
State Labor William Frame2,51117.7
Total formal votes14,14995.0
Informal votes7375.0
Turnout 14,88693.1
Labor hold Swing

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References

  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.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wollongong-Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1964 Wollongong-Kembla by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1953 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1950 Wollongong Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1944 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1941 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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