Kembla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales for a single term from 1968 to 1971, named after the Mount Kembla or Port Kembla. It replaced part of Wollongong-Kembla and Illawarra and was replaced by Illawarra. Its only member was George Petersen. [1] [2] [3]
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
George Petersen | Labor | 1968–1971 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Petersen | 13,840 | 61.8 | ||
Liberal | Jack Walker | 6,292 | 28.1 | ||
Independent | Teresa Gibbons | 1,304 | 5.8 | ||
Communist | Melva Merletto | 561 | 2.5 | ||
Independent | Thomas Malcolm | 399 | 1.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,396 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 864 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,260 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Petersen | 14,934 | 66.7 | ||
Liberal | Jack Walker | 7,462 | 33.3 | ||
Labor win | (new seat) |
Kembla was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales for a single term from 1968 to 1971, named after the Mount Kembla or Port Kembla. It replaced part of Wollongong-Kembla and Illawarra and was replaced by Illawarra. Its only member was George Petersen. [1] [2] [3]
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
George Petersen | Labor | 1968–1971 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Petersen | 13,840 | 61.8 | ||
Liberal | Jack Walker | 6,292 | 28.1 | ||
Independent | Teresa Gibbons | 1,304 | 5.8 | ||
Communist | Melva Merletto | 561 | 2.5 | ||
Independent | Thomas Malcolm | 399 | 1.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,396 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 864 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,260 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Petersen | 14,934 | 66.7 | ||
Liberal | Jack Walker | 7,462 | 33.3 | ||
Labor win | (new seat) |