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		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

1965

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

1964 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election

1962

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

1959

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

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

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [4]
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

1950 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [5]
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

1950 Wollongong-Kembla state by-election

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [8]
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

"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 12 November 2020.
Green, Antony. "1953 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1950 Wollongong Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1947 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1944 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1941 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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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 12 November 2020.

[Results_of_the_1953_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1953_Wollongong-Kembla-4] Green, Antony. "1953 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1950_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1950_Wollongong-Kembla-5] Green, Antony. "1950 Wollongong Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1947_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1947_Wollongong-Kembla-6] Green, Antony. "1947 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1944_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1944_Wollongong-Kembla-7] Green, Antony. "1944 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1941_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1941_Wollongong-Kembla-8] Green, Antony. "1941 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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