Electoral district of Kembla

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Kembla.[edit]

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. Green, Antony. "1968 Kembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.