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]

Members for Kembla

Member Party Term
  George Petersen Labor 1968–1971

Election results

1968 New South Wales state election: Kembla [3]
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)

References

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Mr (George) Wilfred George Petersen (1921–2000)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1968 Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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