Electoral District Of Heffron
Heffron is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales located primarily in Sydney's Inner Southern Region.
It is named after Robert Heffron, a former Labor premier of New South Wales.
| Heffron New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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It is a safe Labor seat, currently represented by Ron Hoenig of the Labor Party since August 2012.
History
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.
Geography
On its current boundaries, Heffron includes the suburbs of Alexandria, Beaconsfield, Waterloo, Zetland, Rosebery, Mascot, St Peters, Sydenham, Tempe, most of Eastlakes and Kensington and parts of Kingsford. 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.
Members for Heffron
| Member | Party | Period | |
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| Laurie Brereton | Labor | 1973–1990 | |
| Deirdre Grusovin | Labor | 1990–2003 | |
| Kristina Keneally | Labor | 2003–2012 | |
| Ron Hoenig | Labor | 2012–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Ron Hoenig | 22,458 | 49.7 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal | Francis Devine | 9,597 | 21.2 | −6.5 | |
| Greens | Philipa Veitch | 8,559 | 18.9 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | Sarina Kilham | 1,538 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Animal Justice | Linda Paull | 1,252 | 2.8 | −0.5 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Ann Godfrey | 889 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Rachel Evans | 878 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,171 | 97.1 | −0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,328 | 2.9 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 46,499 | 82.6 | −0.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ron Hoenig | 29,757 | 73.3 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal | Francis Devine | 10,847 | 26.7 | −8.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +8.0 | |||
References
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