Electoral results for the district of Heffron
Appearance
Heffron, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1973 and has always been held by the Labor party.[1][2][3][4]
Members for Heffron
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1973 | Laurie Brereton | Labor | |
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 | |||
1988 | |||
1990 by | Deirdre Grusovin | ||
1991 | |||
1995 | |||
1999 | |||
2003 | Kristina Keneally | ||
2007 | |||
2011 | |||
2012 by | Ron Hoenig | ||
2015 | |||
2019 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]2023
[edit]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 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]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 |
2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Hoenig | 20,539 | 44.3 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | John Koutsoukis | 13,775 | 29.7 | −5.1 | |
Greens | Osman Faruqi | 9,788 | 21.1 | +3.5 | |
No Land Tax | Anastasia Bakss | 1,392 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Shawn Arbeau | 873 | 1.9 | −0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 46,367 | 96.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,558 | 3.3 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,925 | 87.2 | +3.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ron Hoenig | 26,529 | 64.1 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | John Koutsoukis | 14,860 | 35.9 | −8.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.9 |
2012 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ron Hoenig | 20,501 | 58.9 | +17.7 | |
Greens | Mehreen Faruqi | 8,122 | 23.3 | +4.4 | |
Democrats | Drew Simmons | 3,749 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Christian Democrats | Robyn Peebles | 2,442 | 7.0 | +5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 34,814 | 94.8 | –1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,910 | 5.2 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 36,724 | 65.9 | –22.8 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ron Hoenig | 21,863 | 70.0 | +12.9 | |
Greens | Mehreen Faruqi | 9,366 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kristina Keneally | 18,870 | 41.2 | −15.2 | |
Liberal | Patrice Pandeleos | 15,226 | 33.3 | +11.5 | |
Greens | Mehreen Faruqi | 8,681 | 19.0 | −0.7 | |
Independent | John Forster | 1,865 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Christian Democrats | Katalin Ferrier | 871 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Trevor Rowe | 254 | 0.6 | +0.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 45,767 | 96.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,548 | 3.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 47,315 | 88.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kristina Keneally | 22,299 | 57.1 | −16.6 | |
Liberal | Patrice Pandeleos | 16,780 | 42.9 | +16.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −16.6 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kristina Keneally | 23,066 | 56.4 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Scott Nash | 8,889 | 21.8 | +4.0 | |
Greens | Ben Spies-Butcher | 8,031 | 19.7 | +6.9 | |
James Cogan | 875 | 2.1 | +2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 40,861 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,549 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 42,410 | 89.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kristina Keneally | 27,371 | 73.7 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Scott Nash | 9,783 | 26.3 | +0.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.5 |
2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kristina Keneally | 21,780 | 57.4 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Sarah Lawrance | 7,061 | 18.6 | −0.8 | |
Greens | Will Smith | 4,837 | 12.7 | +7.3 | |
Independent | Margery Whitehead | 1,605 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent | John Bush | 919 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Unity | Alan Lai | 808 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | John Tullis | 488 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Democrats | Stephen Chanphakeo | 456 | 1.2 | −2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 37,954 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,486 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 39,440 | 89.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kristina Keneally | 24,332 | 73.9 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Sarah Lawrance | 8,603 | 26.1 | +2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 23,492 | 63.4 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Jackie Canessa | 7,205 | 19.4 | −6.6 | |
Greens | Jonathan Keyte | 1,992 | 5.4 | −2.7 | |
One Nation | David Taylor | 1,615 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Democrats | David Mendelssohn | 1,476 | 4.0 | +3.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Rex Dobson | 952 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Democratic Socialist | Jim Green | 338 | 0.9 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 37,070 | 96.3 | +2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,440 | 3.7 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,510 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 25,478 | 76.1 | +6.3 | |
Liberal | Jackie Canessa | 7,998 | 23.9 | −6.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.3 |
1995
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 20,611 | 61.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Ben Franklin | 9,435 | 28.1 | −2.2 | |
Greens | Mark Berriman | 3,105 | 9.3 | +1.8 | |
Socialist Labour | Yabu Bilyana | 370 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 33,521 | 92.9 | +8.9 | ||
Informal votes | 2,577 | 7.1 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 36,098 | 91.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 22,194 | 68.8 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | Ben Franklin | 10,071 | 31.2 | −3.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.1 |
1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 17,100 | 58.0 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | John Paterson | 8,928 | 30.3 | −1.8 | |
Greens | Mark Berriman | 2,208 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Democrats | Eamon Quinn | 1,227 | 4.2 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 29,463 | 84.0 | −11.5 | ||
Informal votes | 5,623 | 16.0 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 35,086 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 18,102 | 65.7 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | John Paterson | 9,463 | 34.3 | −4.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.2 |
1990 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 14,393 | 65.6 | 9.4 | |
Democrats | Amelia Newman | 3,549 | 16.2 | ||
Greens | Mark Berriman | 2,799 | 12.8 | ||
Call to Australia | Beville Varidel | 1,188 | 5.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,929 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 999 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,928 | 72.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 15,206 | 74.2 | 15.0 | |
Democrats | Amelia Newman | 5,278 | 25.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | 15.0'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000043−QINU`"' |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 15,759 | 56.2 | −9.4 | |
Liberal | Bernadette Hamilton | 9,924 | 35.4 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Barry Devine | 2,377 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 28,060 | 95.4 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,366 | 4.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,426 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 16,109 | 59.2 | −6.4 | |
Liberal | Bernadette Hamilton | 11,119 | 40.8 | +6.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.4 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 18,536 | 65.6 | −11.9 | |
Liberal | Barry Devine | 9,730 | 34.4 | +11.9 | |
Total formal votes | 28,266 | 96.1 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,137 | 3.9 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,403 | 92.3 | +2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −11.9 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 20,938 | 77.5 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | Carolyn O'Connor | 6,094 | 22.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 27,032 | 94.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,470 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 28,502 | 90.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −2.5 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 23,531 | 80.0 | +16.9 | |
Liberal | George Balos | 5,871 | 20.0 | −9.2 | |
Total formal votes | 29,402 | 95.8 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,281 | 4.2 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,683 | 91.9 | +1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.2 |
1976
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Laurie Brereton | 18,994 | 63.1 | −4.9 | |
Liberal | George Balos | 8,794 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
Independent | Crena Morrison | 1,315 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | John Holt | 1,016 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 30,119 | 97.5 | +2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 769 | 2.5 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,888 | 90.1 | +0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 21,031 | 69.8 | −4.1 | |
Liberal | George Balos | 9,088 | 30.2 | +30.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.1 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Laurie Brereton | 18,753 | 68.0 | +1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Evans | 5,596 | 20.3 | +20.3 | |
Australia | Peter Clark | 3,233 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Total formal votes | 27,582 | 94.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,525 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 29,107 | 89.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 20,369 | 73.8 | +7.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Evans | 7,213 | 26.2 | +26.2 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Heffron election.
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