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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

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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

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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

References

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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.
  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.