Electoral district of Wollongong-Kembla

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

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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wollongong-Kembla

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