Electoral district of Heffron

Heffron
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Heffron; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	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
	Electorates around 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.

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.^[1]

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.^[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

	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

2023 New South Wales state election: Heffron^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

^ "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.
^ LA First Preference: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[1] "Election Night: Two Candidate Preferred" (PDF). elections.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 25 August 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Heffron". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[Green_Heffron-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.

[Laurie_Brereton_NSW_parl-5] "The Hon. (Laurie) Laurence John Brereton (1946– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Deirdre_Grusovin_NSW_parl-6] "The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Kristina_Keneally_NSW_parl-7] "The Hon. Kristina Kerscher Keneally (1968- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Ron_Hoenig_NSW_parl-8] "Mr Ron Hoenig MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[9] LA First Preference: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[10] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Heffron, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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