title: Electoral results for the district of Wollongong-Kembla
text: # 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.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1941 | Billy Davies | Labor |
  | 1944 | Billy Davies | Labor |
  | 1947 | Billy Davies | Labor |
  | 1950 by | Baden Powell | Labor |
  | 1950 | Rex Connor | Labor |
  | 1953 | Rex Connor | Labor |
  | 1956 | Rex Connor | Labor |
  | 1959 | Rex Connor | Labor |
  | 1962 | Rex Connor | Labor |
  | 1964 by | Doug Porter | Labor |
  | 1965 | Jack Hough | Liberal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  **1965**
  
  1965 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,007 | 97.2 | −1.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 613 | 2.8 | +1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.4 | |
  
  **1964 by-election**
  
  1964 Wollongong-Kembla by-election Saturday 29 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Doug Porter | 9,641 | 50.5 | -8.0 |
  | | Liberal | Jack Hough | 9,441 | 49.5 | +8.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,082 | 97.4 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 512 | 2.6 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,594 | 85.4 | -8.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -8.2 | |
  
  **1962**
  
  1962 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Rex Connor | 12,236 | 58.5 | +0.1 |
  | | Liberal | Jack Hough | 8,698 | 41.5 | −0.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,934 | 98.4 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 344 | 1.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,278 | 93.6 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  **1959**
  
  1959 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Rex Connor | 11,515 | 58.4 |
  | | Liberal | Jack Hough | 8,211 | 41.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,726 | 97.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 475 | 2.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,201 | 93.7 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  **1956**
  
  1956 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,448 | 98.3 | +1.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 293 | 1.7 | −1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  **1953**
  
  1953 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,535 | 96.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 524 | 3.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  **1950**
  
  1950 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla :
  
  | Party | 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 | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,310 | 98.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 234 | 1.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 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 | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  **1950 by-election**
  
  1950 Wollongong-Kembla by-election Saturday 11 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Baden Powell | 7,674 | 50.9 |
  | | Liberal | Gerald Sargent | 7,413 | 49.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,087 | 98.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 230 | 1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,317 | 87.4 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  **1947**
  
  1947 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Billy Davies | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | | |
  
  **1944**
  
  1944 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Billy Davies | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | | | |
  
  **1941**
  
  1941 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Billy Davies | 11,638 | 82.3 |
  | | State Labor | William Frame | 2,511 | 17.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,149 | 95.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 737 | 5.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,886 | 93.1 |
  | | Labor notional hold | Labor notional hold | Swing | |
  