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. The seat was previously represented by former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally of the Labor Party, who 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 2011 election, Keneally suffered a swing of over 16 percent, more than halving her majority from 23 percent to seven percent. At the by-election, Ron Hoenig won with 70 percent of the two-candidate preferred vote.[1]

Heffron
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1973–present
MPRon Hoenig
PartyLabor Party
Electors60,576 (2019)
Area35.28 km2 (13.6 sq mi)
Electorates around Heffron:
Summer Hill Newtown Sydney
Vaucluse
Canterbury Heffron Coogee
Rockdale Maroubra Maroubra

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

2019 New South Wales state election: Heffron[9][10]
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

  1. "Election Night: Two Candidate Preferred" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. "Heffron". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Heffron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. "Heffron- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. >"The Hon. (Laurie) Laurence John Brereton (1946– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. "The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. "The Hon. Kristina Kerscher Keneally (1968- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. "Mr Ron Hoenig MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  9. "Heffron: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  10. "Heffron: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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