Electoral district of Heffron
Heffron is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is named after Robert Heffron, a former Labor premier of New South Wales. It is a safe Labor seat, currently represented by Ron Hoenig of the Labor Party since August 2012. Created in 1973 from the abolished seat of Cook's River, the seat was represented from 2003 to 2012 by former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally of the Labor Party. At the 2011 election, Keneally suffered a swing of over 16 percent, more than halving her majority from 23 percent to seven percent. She resigned the seat on 29 June 2012 to start her new career as CEO of Basketball Australia, prompting an August Heffron by-election. At the by-election, Ron Hoenig won with 70 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote.[1]
| Heffron New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1973–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Ron Hoenig | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Bob Heffron | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 60,576 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 35.28 km2 (13.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Heffron includes the suburbs of Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Centennial Park, Erskineville, Kensington, Kingsford, Mascot, Moore Park, Rosebery, St Peters, Sydenham, Tempe, Waterloo, Zetland and parts of Eastlakes, Randwick and The University of NSW.[2] Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport is located within the electorate. The district was named after Bob Heffron who was the local MP for Botany and Maroubra. The seat was contested for the first time in the year 1973, won by Laurie Brereton and has always been held by the Labor party.[3][4]
Members for Heffron
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie Brereton [5] | Labor | 1973–1990 | |
| Deirdre Grusovin [6] | Labor | 1990–2003 | |
| Kristina Keneally [7] | Labor | 2003–2012 | |
| Ron Hoenig [8] | Labor | 2012–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ron Hoenig | 20,409 | 40.81 | −3.49 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Andruska | 13,863 | 27.72 | −1.99 | |
| Greens | Kym Chapple | 9,565 | 19.13 | −1.98 | |
| Keep Sydney Open | Chris Ryan | 4,575 | 9.15 | +9.15 | |
| Animal Justice | Michael Dello-Iacovo | 1,598 | 3.20 | +3.20 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,010 | 97.48 | +0.73 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,292 | 2.52 | −0.73 | ||
| Turnout | 51,302 | 84.69 | −2.49 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ron Hoenig | 28,874 | 65.13 | +1.03 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Andruska | 15,462 | 34.87 | −1.03 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.03 | |||
References
- ^ "Election Night: Two Candidate Preferred" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 25 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Heffron". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Heffron- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. (Laurie) Laurence John Brereton (1946– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Kristina Kerscher Keneally (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Ron Hoenig MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Heffron: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Heffron: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.