A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wollongong-Kembla on 29 February 1964. It was triggered by the resignation of Rex Connor (Labor) to successfully contest the federal seat of Cunningham at the 1963 election.[1]

Dates

DateEvent
22 October 1963 Rex Connor resigned.[1]
30 November 1963 1963 Australian federal election
5 February 1964 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
12 February 1964 Date of nomination
29 February 1964 Polling day
31 March 1964 Return of writ

Result

1964 Wollongong-Kembla by-election
Saturday 29 February [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Porter 9,641 50.5 -8.0
Liberal Jack Hough 9,441 49.5 +8.0
Total formal votes 19,082 97.4 -1.0
Informal votes 512 2.6 +1.0
Turnout 19,594 85.4 -8.2
Labor hold Swing-8.2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1907–1977)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Wollongong-Kembla". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 14. 5 February 1964. p. 2705. Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1964 Wollongong-Kembla by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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